African American Artists: National Gallery Collection Selected African American Artists at
          the National Gallery of Art

African American Art and History - Links page

African American World Guide to History and Culture - PBS

Artcyclopedia - List of links pages for African American Artists Chronological order by  
          birth date.

Ta-coumba Aiken - St. Paul Minnesota artist. Paintings. Create a video featuring
          Ta-coumba and acrylic painting techniques - From Cave Art to Your Art Sanford Art
          Adventure. See Ta-coumba in action - Artist's Toolkit (ArtsConnectEd).

Carol Lynn Barth (Born 1949)  Paintings - dolls and creative rock painting. 
          See her paintings inspired by women of Africa. Beautiful fabric patterns and colors.

Jean-Michel Basquiat (African American, 1960 -1988) Street to Studio: The Art of Jean-Michel 
          Basquait. Interactive site

Romare Bearden  (Know the Artist: Romare Bearden - student Web page)
          Artcylcopedia: Romare Bearden on the Internet  Romare Bearden Foundation
          African-American Social Realist Painter, 1914-1988

 

John Biggers (Born 1924)

Beverly Buchanan - African-American artist who explores Southern vernacular 
         architecture in her art. (Artist's personal site) Biographical sketch  Happy Shack

Selma Burke  artist who designed the portrait on the dime. Photograph and brief
          biography. More information on Selma Burke. Photograph of Burke with one of her
          sculptures. Sculpture by Selma Burke in the Paul R. Jones Collection. 

Elizabeth Catlett   [African-American Sculptor and Printmaker, Born C.1919]

Kevin Cole - Contemporary artist and educator from Atlanta, Georgia. Mixed media wall sculptures  
          using necktie motif and African textile inspired patterns. "Curvilinear shapes and forms,
          materials such as tar paper, aluminum and copper continue the dialogue started with wood and
          neckties"

Robert Colescott [African-American Painter, Born 1925]  Works at Arthur Roger Gallery
           Video: Robert Colescott- One Two Punch 

 

Michael Cummings   [African-American, Born 1945]

See Carnival Time  Michael Cummings Home Page  Lesson plan using African American Quilts

 

Roy DeCarava  (African American Photographer born 1919) 

 

Joseph Delany (1904-1991) Gallery   Joseph Delaney Online

Terry Dixon (born 1969) Washington DC Artist - now living in Chicago. Abstract Expressionism with 
         African inspired symbolism. Paintings - mixed media. Combined with digital images.

Aaron Douglas  (1898-1979) 

Image "Into Bondage", 1936, and text. Website of the exhibition Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance, presented by the IniVA, London.
Artcyclopedia [African-American Harlem Renaissance Painter, 1899-1979]

Sir Jacob Epstein  (1880-1959)

Image "Portrait Bust of Paul Robeson", 1928, and text. Website of the exhibition Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance, presented by the IniVA, London

Sam Gilliam (Painter, born in 1933) Painted draped abstract canvases. See Sam Gilliam 
          Looking at Painting (from KET TV, Kentucky) . Find out more about Gilliam

 

Paul Goodnight

Website of the artist. Includes artist biography, artist statement, limited editions, and open edition prints.

Jonathon Green - Interactive site - South Carolina artist. Inspiration for his work comes
          from the Gullah community in which he grew up.

 

Renee Green

Includes an image, brief text, discussion, and artist statement. Highlights the artist's 1990 mixed media installation "Revue". Presented by the Post-Colonial Performance and Installation Art website.
Artcyclopedia: Renee Green  [African-American Installation Artist]

David Hammons [African-American Installation Artist, Born 1943]

Rick Hyman "Migration of the African American Family". Online exhibit from Virginia  
          Museum of Fine Arts.

Synthia Saint James

Biographical information and images. Presented by »Africa: One Continent, Many Worlds« website.

William H. Johnson  (African American 1901-1970) 

Image "Self-Portrait with Bandana", 1935-38, and text. Website of the exhibition Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance, presented by the IniVA, London.  Artcyclopedia: William Johnson -- Harlem Renaissance Painter

Grace Jones

Includes an image, brief text, discussion, and artist statement. Highlights the artist's 1985 "Performance in Paradise Garage". Presented by the Post-Colonial Performance and Installation Art website.

Loïs Mailou Jones  (African-American Harlem Renaissance Painter, 1905-1998)

Image "Les Fetiches", 1938, and text. Website of the exhibition Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance, presented by the IniVA, London                                  Lois Mailou Jones on the Internet- Artcylcopedia

Simmie Knox - born in 1935 in Aliceville, Ala - self taught-  first black painter to be
         commissioned for a presidential portrait. CBS News article - with photos  Biography 

Jacob Lawrence  (African American Painter, 1917-2000) 

Image "Dust to Dust (The Funeral)", 1938, and text. Website of the exhibition Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance, presented by the IniVA, London.    Exploring Stories - Whitney Museum of Art    Webography (many links)

Phillips Collection - Jacob Lawrence. View this site in flash or HTML (it is much quicker to load in html). This excellent site gives biographical information and presents some of his most noted works. Be sure to click on the hyperlinks with in the text. Has a nice section on teacher resources.

Artcyclopedia- Links for Jacob Lawrence  

Edmonia Lewis [African-American Sculptor, C.1845-1911]

Glenn Ligon: Annotations [African-American Painter, born in 1960]

The Detroit Institute of Arts  On Artcyclopedia 

Kerry James Marshall [African-American Installation Artist, born in 1955] 

Kerry James Marshall - PBS biography  Online - Artcyclopedia   Interview with Marshall  
         Some examples of his work.    Work at  Greg Kucera Gallery      Brief biography
         Kerry James Marshall: One True Thing, Meditations on Black Aesthetics - Museum article
         RHYTHM MASTR Exhibit news      Feature on BBC    Biography and images

Dean Mitchell - Florida born, Kansas City based artist - Watercolors and oils (work at 
         Greenwich Workshop Artist's Studio). See also  Hearne Fine Art - Stecker Fine Art

Keith Morrison   

          A distinguished artist, art educator, curator, art critic, and administrator, Keith 
          Morrison is dean of the College of Creative Arts at San Francisco State University. 
          Born in Jamaica  -- Morrison has exhibited his paintings and prints across the US
          and abroad, Colorful watercolors rich in symbolism

Archibald J. Motley Jr.  (1891-1981)

Image "Blues", 1929, and text. Website of the exhibition Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance, presented by the IniVA, London  
Artcyclopedia: Archibald Motley on the Internet

O. Donald Odita, Nigeria

Olu Oguibe's Guest of the Month.

Olu Oguibe, Nigeria

Artist, critic, poet. Professor of Art History including African and African-American Art at the University of South Florida, Tampa. Excellent website which provides an introduction on African American Art, essays, interviews and artists' profiles, a virtual gallery, bibliography, and more.

John Outterbridge (African-American Assemblage Artist, Born 1933)

Howardena Pindell (African-American, Born 1943) - Artcyclopedia  Biography and many images of art work at G. R. N'Namdi Gallery.

 

Horace Pippen: Know the Artist (student web page)

Pleasant (African American - born 1974). Figurative paintings and sculpture - Gestural in
           feeling. Email Pleasant for painting images you need for PowerPoint. 

Noah Purifoy  Home page.  See environment of sculptures Also art for sale. 
          Died in fire - March 8, 2004

Faith Ringgold  (African-American, Born 1930) Artcyclopedia  
         PBS- African American World   PBS "A Day at the Met"  Nancy Doyle Fine Art - bio  
         Portrait of Faith Ringgold by Alice Neel (1977)

 

Faith Ringgold Home page - Anyone Can Fly Art in Context 

Alison Saar Artcyclopedia (African-American, Born 1956)

 

Betye Saar Artcyclopedia (African-American Assemblage Artist, Born 1926)

          Betye Saar  "Soaring Saar". An article about the assemblages of Betye Saar by Ann Elliott  
          Sherman. From the Feb. 8-14, 1996 issue of Metro.  Betye Saar- student web page

William Edouard Scott (African-American Painter, 1884-1964) Artcyclopedia

Lorna Simpson (African-American, Born 1960) Artcylcopedia

Henry O. Tanner ( African-American Realist Painter, 1859-1937) Banjo Lesson  
         Henry O. Tanner - Interactive site from Smithsonian

Dox Thrash  (African-American Harlem Renaissance Printmaker, 1892-1965) 
          See Dox Thrash Revealed Philadelphia Museum of Art

Kara Walker (African-American, Born 1969) Artcyclopedia

 

Nari Ward (site under construction)

Walker Project description, past work. At the Whitney

 

Carrie Mae Weems (African-American Photographer, Born 1953) Artcyclopedia

Ellis Wilson  (African American Painter1899 - 1977) Site has summary of documentary,
         gallery of his work, biography. Lesson plans for secondary and elementary - 
         student examples. More about documentary. African American World PBS. Selected
         works at University of Kentucky Art Museum. Narratives: Ellis Wilson.

Wilson, Madafo Lloyd Storyteller, performer, musician. Site has information about
          African  proverbs, African American folk tales, an introduction to storytelling as well
          as vocabulary. See if Madafo would work into your program of African studies.

Hale Aspacio Woodruff [African-American Regionalist/Social Realist Painter, 1900-1980]

Painter and printmaker.

Purvis Young

Artist's homepage. Includes biographical information, the text "The Unofficial Storyteller" by Carol Damian, information about the artist's video "Contemporary Urban Painter", and photos of installations and works.

Okwui Enwezor

Olu Oguibe's Guest of the Month.

Maude Southwell Wahlman

Professor of Ethnic Studies, Art Department, University of Central Florida. Curriculum vitae.