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Tree House

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Description: Tree House
TitleTree House
Creator nameBiggers, John
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1990–1992
Object typePainting
MaterialsAcrylic on canvas
LocationWilliam R. and Norma B. Harvey Library, Hampton University, Virginia
Accession numberUnknown
SubjectsMural painting and decoration, American--20th centuryAfrican American childrenAfrican American artists
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Charles White, Artist and Teacher
Esther Adler
Description: Charles White: A Retrospective
Charles White: A Retrospective
White’s reverence for learning and dedication to teaching can be traced to his childhood in Chicago. He attended a predominantly white high school, where the...
Author
Sarah Kelly Oehler (Editor), Esther Adler (Editor)
PublisherArt Institute of Chicago
Copyright© 2018 by The Art Institute of Chicago
Related print edition pages: pp.141-157
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-100013&redirecttoanchor=200193
Chapter subject tags:White, Charles, 1918-1979African American artists--United States--20th centuryArt--Study and teaching--United States--20th centuryAfrican Americans--History--20th centuryBiggers, John Thomas, 1924-2001Catlett, Elizabeth, 1915-2012Lowenfeld, ViktorOtis Art Institute of Los Angeles CountyArtists, Black--20th century

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Description: Contribution of the Negro to Democracy in America
Contribution of the Negro to Democracy in America
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 02
Creator nameWhite, Charles
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1943
Object typePainting
MaterialsEgg tempera (fresco secco)
Dimensions11 ft. 9 in. x 17 ft. 3 in.
LocationHampton University Museum, Virginia
Contribution of the Negro to Democracy...
Contribution of the Negro to Democracy in America
Description: Into Bondage
Into Bondage
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 10
Creator nameDouglas, Aaron
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1936
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.166444.html
Accession number2014.79.17
Into Bondage
Into Bondage
Description: Hale Woodruff, at work on the Amistad Murals: The Mutiny Aboard the Amistad, 1839
Hale Woodruff, at work on the Amistad Murals: The Mutiny Aboard the Amistad, 1839
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 10
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1939
Object typePhotograph
LocationGranger Historical Picture Archive, Brooklyn, New York
https://www.granger.com/results.asp?image=0171964&itemw=4&itemf=0001&itemstep=1&itemx=5
Hale Woodruff, at work on the Amistad...
Hale Woodruff, at work on the Amistad Murals: The Mutiny Aboard the Amistad, 1839
Description: Midwest, from America Today
Midwest, from America Today
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 09
Creator nameBenton, Thomas Hart
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1930–1931
Object typePainting
MaterialsEgg tempera with oil glazing over Permalba on a gesso ground on linen mounted to wood panels with a honeycomb interior
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/499559
Accession number2012.478e
Midwest, from America Today
Midwest (from America Today)
Description: Cultural and Industrial History of the State of Indiana: Panel X—Parks, the...
Cultural and Industrial History of the State of Indiana: Panel X—Parks, the Circus, the Klan, the Press
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 02
Creator nameBenton, Thomas Hart
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1933
Object typePainting
MaterialsEgg tempera on canvas
LocationWoodburn Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington
https://murals.sitehost.iu.edu/history/woodburn.html
Cultural and Industrial History of the...
The Cultural and Industrial History of the State of Indiana: Panel X––Parks, the Circus, the Klan, the Press
Description: Study for a mural for a post office near Binghamton, New York
Study for a mural for a post office near Binghamton, New York
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 10
Creator nameJordy, William H.
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1938
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on cardboard
LocationRhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence
https://risdmuseum.org/art-design/collection/untitled-study-mural-post-office-near-binghamton-ny-81057
Accession number81.057
Study for a mural for a post office near...
Study for a mural for a post office near Binghamton, New York
Description: Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the Towers
Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the Towers
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nameDouglas, Aaron
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1934
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions108 × 108 in. (274.32 × 274.32 cm)
LocationNew York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6ca557ed-9597-5dcd-e040-e00a18065af4
Accession numberb11486938
Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the...
Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the Towers
Description: City Activities with Dance Hall, from America Today
City Activities with Dance Hall, from America Today
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 28
Creator nameBenton, Thomas Hart
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1930–1931
Object typePainting
MaterialsEgg tempera with oil glazing over Permalba on a gesso ground on linen mounted to wood panels with a honeycomb interior
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/499559
Accession number2012.478g
City Activities with Dance Hall, from...
City Activities with Dance Hall, from America Today
Description: Coal, from America Today
Coal, from America Today
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator nameBenton, Thomas Hart
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1930–1931
Object typePainting
MaterialsEgg tempera with oil glazing over Permalba on a gesso ground on linen mounted to wood panels with a honeycomb interior
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/499559
Accession number2012.478j
Coal, from America Today
Coal from America Today
Description: Workers and Peasants: Final Drawing for Mural, The Industrialization of the...
Workers and Peasants: Final Drawing for Mural, The Industrialization of the Countryside
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 28
Creator nameGreenwood, Marion
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1935
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsPencil on tracing paper mounted on ragboard
Dimensions18 3/4 x 24 in. (47.6 x 61 cm)
LocationVassar College, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York
https://emuseum.vassar.edu/objects/3848/workers-and-peasants-final-drawing-for-mural-the-industri
Workers and Peasants: Final Drawing for...
Workers and Peasants: Final Drawing for Mural, The Industrialization of the Countryside
Description: The Social History of the State of Missouri
The Social History of the State of Missouri
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 02
Creator nameBenton, Thomas Hart
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1935–1936
Object typePainting
MaterialsFresco
LocationMissouri State Capitol, Jefferson City, Missouri
The Social History of the State of...
The Social History of the State of Missouri
Description: Swing Landscape
Swing Landscape
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 02
Creator nameDavis, Stuart
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1938
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions7 ft. 2 3/4 in. x 14 ft. 4 1/8 in.
LocationEskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington
https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/online/highlights/view/entries/448
Accession number42.1
Swing Landscape
Swing Landscape
Description: Untitled, from the Williamsburg Housing Project Murals
Untitled, from the Williamsburg Housing Project Murals
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 02
Creator nameGreene, Balcomb
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1936
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions7 ft. 7 1/2 in. x 11 ft. 7 1/4 in. (232.4 x 328.3 cm)
LocationBrooklyn Museum of Art (on loan from the New York City Housing Department)
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/williamsburg_murals
Accession numberL1990.1.4
Untitled, from the Williamsburg Housing...
Untitled

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