African-American Art Exam

Going to Church by William Johnson

Les Fetiches by Lois Mailou Jones

The Banjo Lesson by Henry ‘O Tanner

Sunset by Edward Bannister

Old Arrow Maker by Edmonia Lewis

Let my People Go by Aaron Douglass

Midsummer Night in Harlem by Palmer Hayden

Migration of the Negro by Jacob Lawerence

Stomp by Archibald Motley

Georgia Landscape by Hale Woodruff

Who was Henry ‘O Tanner?

Second African American attend the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. The first international African American Artist.

Who is Aaron Douglass?

The face of the art movement of the Harlem Renaissance. Took influences from West African Art (Cubism). He also worked for Vanity Fair and developed the art department at Fish University. Influenced by Albert Barnes.

Who was Joshua Johnson?

The first known African American portrait painter in the late 1700s/early 1800s. Commissioned by White Aristocrats to paint family portraits.

Who was Augusta Savage?

Leader of the Harlem Renaissance Art movement. Started her own art school. First African-American to be accepted into the Cooper Union Art School in New York City. Created the piece, Gamin, which gave her nation recognition.

Who was Thomas Day?

The first known African-American cabinet designer. Most work done pre-civil war. Commissioned by white aristocrats. Taught Black and white apprentices. His shop was located in Milton, North Carolina.

Who was Edward M. Bannister?

The first known African-American Landscape painter in the US in the 1800s. Traveled across the globe from Portugal, Boston, and New York as a merchant seaman.

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

A movement involving Harlem as the “think tank” for visual arts, musicians, play writers, dancers, performing arts, and writers. Alaine Locke and W.E.B DuBois are known as the intellectual minds behind the movement. It started on the east coast and spread to the west.

Who was Grafton Tyler Brown?

The first well-known West Coast African American artist. Family moved fromHarrisburg, PA to CA where slavery wasn’t legal. Opened a lithograph company and worked for a land survey company where he painted landscapes of the land he surveyed. Made lots of money from artwork until people found out he was Black.

Who was G.W. Hogs

The first known African American Artist. Painted a portrait of Richard Allen in the 1800s.