Black artists in America : from the Great Depression to civil rights

Black artists in America : from the Great Depression to civil rights / Earnestine Lovelle Jenkins.

"Through more than fifty paintings, sculptures, and works on paper, Black Artists in America explores the various ways in which African American artists responded to the political, social, and economic climate of the United States from the time of the Great Depression through the landmark Brown...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jenkins, Earnestine (Author)
Other Authors: Sharp, Kevin, 1957- (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Memphis, TN : New Haven, CT : Dixon Gallery and Gardens ; Yale University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Savage, Augusta, > 1892-1962 > Exhibitions.
Simon, Walter Augustus, > 1916-1979 > Exhibitions.
Savage, Augusta, > 1892-1962.
Simon, Walter Augustus, > 1916-1979.
1900-1999
African American sculptors > 20th century > Exhibitions.
African American art > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Art, Black > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Black people in art.
Women, Black, in art.
Art, Black.
African American sculptors.
African American art.
Exhibition catalogs.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword and acknowledgments / Kevin Sharp
  • Black artists in America: from the Great Depression to Civil Rights
  • Augusta Savage in Paris: African themes and the Black female body
  • Walter Augustus Simon: abstract expressionist, art educator, and art historian
  • Catalogue of the exhibition.

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