Black Artists in America: From the Great Depression to Civil Rights

Jenkins, Earnestine Lovelle

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Black Artists in America: From the Great Depression to Civil Rights

Earnestine Lovelle Jenkins

Black Artists in America: From the Great Depression to Civil Rights

~During the first half of the twentieth century, Black artists aggressively pursued their interests in the visual arts despite the systemic racism that locked them out of the segregated...

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Earnestine Lovelle Jenkins

PublisherYale University Press

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Chapter subject tags:African American artistsSocial realismUnited States. Works Progress AdministrationAfrican American women artistsWorld War, 1939-1945--Participation, African AmericanAfrican Americans--SegregationModernism (Art)--United States

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List of illustrations

View of the Seine, Looking toward Notre-Dame by Tanner, Henry Ossawa
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1896
Two men unveiling Henry O. Tanner painting Christ and His Mother, with musicians in foreground, Centre Avenue YMCA by Harris, Charles "Teenie"
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
c. 1938–1945
Just Business by Ellison, Walter
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
c. 1940
Late Afternoon by Crite, Allan Rohan
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1934
Untitled (Autumn in Georgia) by Woodruff, Hale Aspacio
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1931
The Lynchers by Hayes, Vertis
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
c. 1930–1940
Giddap by Woodruff, Hale Aspacio
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1935
Relics by Woodruff, Hale Aspacio
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1935
Coming Home by Woodruff, Hale Aspacio
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1935
Sunday Promenade by Woodruff, Hale Aspacio
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1935
Trusty on a Mule by Woodruff, Hale Aspacio
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1935
Country Church by Woodruff, Hale Aspacio
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1935
African Headdress by Woodruff, Hale Aspacio
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1935
By Parties Unknown by Woodruff, Hale Aspacio
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1935
Elmer Brown painting WPA mural by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
c. 1935–1940
Fifteenth Defense by Brown, Elmer William
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1930–1940
Gandy Dancer's Gal by Brown, Elmer William
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1942
Nothing But a Man, film still by Roemer, Michael
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1964
Nothing But a Man, film still by Roemer, Michael
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1964
His Hammer in His Hand by Hayden, Palmer C.
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
c. 1944–1947
In the Groove by Clark, Claude
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1934–1943
The Runner by Clark, Claude
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1945
A Useful Imagination (facing right) by Thrash, Dox
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
c. 1942–1944
Nude by Thrash, Dox
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
c. 1938–1939
Lust for Bread by White, Charles
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1935–1945
Our Land by White, Charles
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1951
I have special reservations... by Catlett, Elizabeth
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1947
Southern Landscape by Cortor, Eldzier
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1941
Negro Artists by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1946
Americana by Cortor, Eldzier
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1946
Southern Souvenir No. II by Cortor, Eldzier
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
c. 1948
Washington, D.C. government charwoman/American Gothic by Parks, Gordon
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1942
Washington, D.C. Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman, with three grandchildren and her adopted daughter by Parks, Gordon
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1942
Madonna Moderne by Jones, Frederick D., Jr.
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
Unknown
Contemplating My Future by Lee-Smith, Hughie
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1954
Still Life by Sebree, Charles
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1936
A Mansion at Prairie Avenue by Clark, Irene
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
c. 1955
Pensive [Bust of a Woman] by Catlett, Elizabeth
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1946
Photograph of mask by Beulah Woodard by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1930–1940
Mask of Medicine Man by Woodard, Beulah
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1935
Mask of Haile Selassie by Woodard, Beulah
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1935
Maudelle by Woodard, Beulah
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1937
Maudelle Bass and Lewayne Kennard in Black Ritual by Van Vechten, Carl
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1940
Harriet by Crichlow, Ernest T.
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1953
Portrait of a Lady by Douglas, Aaron
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
c. 1940
Water Boy by Lewis, Samella S.
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1944
The Mandolin Player by Biggers, John
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1940–1950
Pursuit of Happiness by Hayes, Vertis
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
2012
Mural being executed by adult students in classes at LeMoyne Federal Art Center by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1939
Bin Fishin by Bell Jr., Scott
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1938
Vertis Hayes and students by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1940–1950
Rev. Brewster at Pilgrim Baptist Church Preaching in front of Vertis Hayes Mural by Hooks Brothers Photography
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1949
Unidentified Church with Mural by Hooks Brothers Photography
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1952
Chairman of LeMoyne Alumni Day by Hooks Brothers Photography
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1952
Juke Joint by Hayes, Vertis
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1946
Untitled by Hayes, Vertis
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
c. 1940–1950
Reginald Morris by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1960
Second Congregational Church by Hooks Brothers Photography
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1952
Salvator Mundi by Morris, Reginald
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1956–1957
LeMoyne-Owen Library by Hooks Brothers Photography
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1961
Mosaic Mural by Shahn, Ben
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1962–1963
Untitled by Collier, John
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1942
The Mourners by Goreleigh, Rex
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1940
No. 2, Main Control Panel, Nerve Center of Ship by Lawrence, Jacob
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1944
The Negro's War by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1942
The Negro's War by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1942
Holy Mountain I by Pippin, Horace
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1944
Deliver Us from Evil by Wilson, John Woodrow
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1943
Woman with Bouquet by Waring, Laura Wheeler
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
c. 1940
After Sunday Service by Waring, Laura Wheeler
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1940
Harlem Hospital Surgery by Lawrence, Jacob
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1953
Untitled by Lewis, Norman
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1952
Poor from My Mother's Womb: Lines from Villon #2 by Simon, Walter
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1947
Sowing by Johnson, William H.
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1940
Walk among the Lilies by Prophet, Nancy Elizabeth
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
c. 1935
Jazz Singers by Motley, Archibald John, Jr.
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
c. 1934
Bronzeville at Night by Motley, Archibald John, Jr.
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1949
Devil in a Blue Dress, screenshot by Motley, Archibald John, Jr.
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1995
Brown Girl After the Bath by Motley, Archibald John, Jr.
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1931
Eusebia Cosme by Jones, Lois
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1944
Baby on Bird (Untitled) by Streat, Thelma Johnson
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
c. 1945
Ethiopian icon by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1900–1950
The Death of Bessie Smith by Piper, Rose
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1947
Midnight Vigil by Alston, Charles Henry
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1936
Jazz by Alston, Charles Henry
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
c. 1950
Fortune magazine by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1941
Pageant magazine by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1956
Pageant magazine by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1956
Pageant magazine by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1956
Mother and Child by Alston, Charles Henry
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1950
Pieta by Alston, Charles Henry
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1956
Pageant magazine by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1956
Pageant magazine by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1956
Pageant magazine by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Jun 01
1956

Black Artists in America: From the Great Depression to Civil Rights

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Black Artists in America: From the Great Depression to Civil Rights

Earnestine Lovelle Jenkins

Publisher: Yale University Press

Print publication date: Jan, 2022

Subject areasArt History and TheoryAfrican American and Black DiasporaModern and ContemporaryWomen’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

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- Black Artists in America: From the Great Depression to Civil Rights
- Contents
- Foreword and Acknowledgments
- 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
- Index