Beloved by 19th-century audiences around the world, the African-American artist fell into obscurity, only to be celebrated as a genius a century later

The most renowned African American artist of the 19th century was Henry Ossawa Tanner. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1859 and became one of the most successful African …

Feb 25, 2021 · Tanner, perhaps the most famous of all 19th-century Black artists, was from Pennsylvania and studied at the prestigious Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in the …

This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:19th-century American artists. It includes American artists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of …

The most distinguished African American artist who worked in the 19th century was Henry Ossawa Tanner, who painted African American genre subjects and reflects the realist tradition. …

Nov 13, 2024 · Henry Ossawa Tanner holds a significant place in art history as the first African American artist to gain international recognition. Born in Pennsylvania in 1859, Tanner became …

Explore works by Black artists through more than two centuries — from 19th century painters Joshua Johnson and Robert Seldon Duncanson — to modern and contemporary artists …

Feb 5, 2025 · In 2019, an American study of nearly 2,000 art shows found that less than 11% of the artworks were created by Black artists. Correspondingly, depictions of Black people …

Newark artist and historian Noelle Lorraine Williams, uses newspapers and archival research to center Newark's 19th-century Black community, highlighting courageous leaders, activists and …

Aug 11, 2020 · Where does this leave Thomas, the “unimaginable” Black art collector of 19th-century Washington, D.C.? Are he and Dorsey yet another pair of contraband guides? Where …

Jan 29, 2021 · It is not every day that a 19th-century landscape painter is the subject of national news, but that was the case last week, when a work by Robert S. Duncanson on loan from the …

Jan 17, 2025 · Recounts the life of the twentieth-century African American folk artist Bill Traylor, a former slave who at the age of eighty-five began to draw pictures based on his memories and …

Feb 1, 2018 · As a woman of mixed African and Native American descent who came of age during the Civil War, her odds of making it were slim, at best. Yet she managed to become the …

Largely forgotten today, Goodridge was one of the most important African American photographers of the 19th century, who, along with James P. Ball of Cincinnati and Augustus …

May 22, 2020 · Douglass was the first African American artist whose work was included in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annual exhibition in 1834, but could not live off his …

Images such as that of Phillis Wheatley and the many portraits in this exhibition, whether created by black or white artists, fueled the African American art movement that began in earnest in …

Feb 13, 2025 · F ounded in 2021 by art collector and marketer Phillip Collins, Good Black Art is an online platform dedicated to supporting work by emerging Black artists. Through its online …

Feb 13, 2025 · Growing up in Richmond in the early 19th century, Poe was acutely aware of the presence of slavery within his home and city. While Poe never enslaved anyone himself, he …

Feb 12, 2025 · In his multidisciplinary, worldbuilding project “iiNyanga Zonyaka (The Lunar Songbook),” South African artist Athi-Patra Ruga portrays distinct characters who inhabit a …

4 days ago · Dox Thrash: An African American master printmaker rediscovered by John Ittmann; David Brigham; Kymberly N. Pinder; Cindy Medley-Buckner Dox Thrash came of age as an …

4 days ago · In an art world that often sensationalizes Black suffering, McKinney insists on portraying Black leisure as a radical act. Her paintings are a form of reclamation—of time, …