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Aaron Douglas

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Aaron Douglas (May 26, 1899 – February 3, 1979) was an American painter, illustrator and visual arts educator. [1]

74 relations: A Study of Negro Artists, A World Full of Strangers, African-American art, African-American culture, Alain LeRoy Locke, Albert C. Barnes, American modernism, Amistad Research Center, Anne Gamble Kennedy, Betsy Graves Reyneau, Black Magic (book), Bradford Young, Brother to Brother (film), Charles Alston, Charles S. Johnson, Charlotte Osgood Mason, David L. Leamon, Douglas (surname), Edwin Harleston, Elizabeth Catlett, Eulalie Spence, Fan Expo Canada, FanX, Fire!!, Fisk University, Gabriel, God's Trombones, Gwendolyn B. Bennett, Harlem Artists Guild, Harlem Community Art Center, Harlem Renaissance, Harlem YMCA, I, Robot (film), James Latimer Allen, John P. Davis, L. S. Alexander Gumby, Langston Hughes, List of African-American visual artists, List of AIGA medalists, List of American artists before 1900, List of artworks on stamps of the United States, List of figures from the Harlem Renaissance, List of iZombie characters, List of painters by name beginning with "D", List of people from Harlem, List of people from Kansas, List of people from Tennessee, List of people from Topeka, Kansas, List of people on the postage stamps of the United States, List of University of Nebraska–Lincoln people, ..., Liverpool and the Black Atlantic, Lois Mailou Jones, Malvin Gray Johnson, Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, Niggerati, Social realism, Terry Adkins, The Blacker the Berry (novel), The New Negro: An Interpretation, The Princess and the Frog, Thomas Montgomery Gregory, Topeka High School, Treasury Relief Art Project, Two Centuries of Black American Art, United States Academic Decathlon topics, Unspeakable (TV series), Visual art of the United States, Wallace Thurman, William Artis, Zodiac: Signs of the Apocalypse, 1898 in art, 1939 in art, 1979, 1979 in art. Expand index (24 more) »

A Study of Negro Artists

A Study of Negro Artists is a silent film in black and white on four reels that was created in the 1930s to highlight the development of African-American fine arts.

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A World Full of Strangers

"A World Full of Strangers" is the pilot and first episode of the CW television series Hellcats, originally called "Pilot".

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African-American art

African-American art is a broad term describing the visual arts of the American black community (African Americans).

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African-American culture

African-American culture, also known as Black-American culture, refers to the contributions of African Americans to the culture of the United States, either as part of or distinct from mainstream American culture.

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Alain LeRoy Locke

Alain Leroy Locke (September 13, 1885 – June 9, 1954) was an American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts.

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Albert C. Barnes

Albert Coombs Barnes (January 2, 1872 – July 24, 1951) was an American chemist, businessman, art collector, writer, and educator, and the founder of the Barnes Foundation in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania.

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American modernism

American modernism, much like the modernism movement in general, is a trend of philosophical thought arising from the widespread changes in culture and society in the age of modernity.

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Amistad Research Center

The Amistad Research Center (ARC) is an independent archives and manuscripts repository in the United States that specializes in the history of African Americans and ethnic minorities.

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Anne Gamble Kennedy

Anne Gamble Kennedy (25 September 1920 – 11 June 2001) was an American classical pianist, piano professor, and accompanist for the Fisk Jubilee Singers of Nashville, Tennessee.

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Betsy Graves Reyneau

Betsy Graves Reyneau (1888–1964) was an American painter, best known for a series of portraits of prominent African Americans once owned by the Harmon Foundation.

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Black Magic (book)

Black Magic is a 1928 book by the French writer Paul Morand.

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Bradford Young

Bradford Marcel Young (born July 6, 1977) is an American cinematographer.

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Brother to Brother (film)

Brother to Brother is a film written and directed by Rodney Evans and released in 2004.

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Charles Alston

Charles Henry Alston (November 28, 1907 – April 27, 1977) was an African-American painter, sculptor, illustrator, muralist and teacher who lived and worked in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem.

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Charles S. Johnson

Charles Spurgeon Johnson (July 24, 1893 – October 27, 1956) was an American sociologist and college administrator, the first black president of historically black Fisk University, and a lifelong advocate for racial equality and the advancement of civil rights for African Americans and all ethnic minorities.

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Charlotte Osgood Mason

Charlotte Osgood Mason, born Charlotte Louise Van der Veer Quick (May 18, 1854, Franklin Park, New Jersey – April 15, 1946, New York City), was an American socialite and philanthropist.

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David L. Leamon

David Lee Leamon (July 31, 1939 - April 23, 2018) was a public library administrator from the United States.

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Douglas (surname)

Douglas (occasionally spelled Douglass) is a common surname of Scottish origin, thought to derive from the Gaelic dubh glas, meaning "black stream".

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Edwin Harleston

Edwin Augustus Harleston (March 14, 1882 – May 10, 1931) was an African-American painter associated with the Charleston Renaissance.

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Elizabeth Catlett

Elizabeth Catlett (April 15, 1915 – April 2, 2012) was an African-American graphic artist and sculptor best known for her depictions of the African-American experience in the 20th century, which often focused on the female experience.

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Eulalie Spence

Eulalie Spence (June 11, 1894 – March 7, 1981) was a black writer, teacher, director, actress and playwright from the British West Indies.

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Fan Expo Canada

Fan Expo Canada is an annual speculative fiction fan convention held in Toronto, Ontario.

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FanX

FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention (formerly Salt Lake Comic Con) is a semi-annual multi-genre pop culture expo held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

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Fire!!

Fire!! was an African-American literary magazine published in New York City in 1926 during the Harlem Renaissance.

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Fisk University

Fisk University is a private historically black university in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Gabriel

Gabriel (lit, lit, ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, ܓܒܪܝܝܠ), in the Abrahamic religions, is an archangel who typically serves as God's messenger.

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God's Trombones

God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse is a 1927 book of poems by James Weldon Johnson patterned after traditional African-American religious oratory.

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Gwendolyn B. Bennett

Gwendolyn B. Bennett (July 8, 1903 – May 30, 1981) was an American artist, writer, and journalist who contributed to Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life, which chronicled cultural advancements during the Harlem Renaissance.

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Harlem Artists Guild

The Harlem Artists Guild (1935–41) was an African-American organization founded by artists including Augusta Savage, Charles Alston, Elba Lightfoot and bibliophile Arthur Schomburg with the aims of encouraging young talent, providing a forum for the discussion of the visual arts in the community, fostering understanding between artists and the public through education towards an appreciation of art, focusing on issues of general concern to Black artists such as racism, poverty and unemployment, and cooperating with agencies to improve conditions and raise standards of living and achievement among African-American artists.

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Harlem Community Art Center

The Harlem Community Art Center was a Federal Art Project community art center that operated from 1937 to 1942.

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Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, spanning the 1920s.

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Harlem YMCA

The Harlem YMCA is located at 180 West 135th Street between Lenox Avenue and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.

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I, Robot (film)

I, Robot (stylized as i) is a 2004 American science fiction action film directed by Alex Proyas.

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James Latimer Allen

James Latimer Allen (1907 – 1977) was a photographer and portraitist known for his images of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s.

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John P. Davis

John Preston Davis (January 19, 1905 – September 11, 1973) was an American journalist, lawyer and activist intellectual, who became prominent for his work with the Joint Committee on National Recovery.

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L. S. Alexander Gumby

Levi Sandy Alexander Gumby (February 1, 1885 – March 16, 1961) was an African-American archivist and historian.

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Langston Hughes

James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri.

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List of African-American visual artists

This list of African-American visual artists is a list that includes dates of birth and death of historically recognized African-American fine artists known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual in nature, including traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography, and printmaking, as well as more recent genres, including installation art, performance art, body art, conceptual art, video art, and digital art.

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List of AIGA medalists

Following is a list of AIGA medalists taken from the AIGA website.

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List of American artists before 1900

This is a list by date of birth of historically recognized American fine artists known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual in nature, including traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography, and printmaking.

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List of artworks on stamps of the United States

This article lists people whose artwork has been featured on stamps of the United States.

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List of figures from the Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance, also known as the New Negro Movement, was a cultural, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem, New York, and spanning the 1920s.

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List of iZombie characters

iZombie (stylized as iZOMBiE) is an American television series developed by Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggiero-Wright for The CW.

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List of painters by name beginning with "D"

Please add names of notable painters in alphabetical order.

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List of people from Harlem

This is a list of people from Harlem in New York City.

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List of people from Kansas

The following are notable people who were either born, raised, or have lived for a significant period of time in the American state of Kansas.

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List of people from Tennessee

The following is a list of prominent people who were born in the U.S. state of Tennessee, live (or lived) in Tennessee, or for whom Tennessee is significant part of their identity.

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List of people from Topeka, Kansas

This is a list of people from Topeka, Kansas.

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List of people on the postage stamps of the United States

This article lists people who have been featured on United States postage stamps, listed by their name, the year they were first featured on a stamp, and a very short description of their notability.

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List of University of Nebraska–Lincoln people

This list of University of Nebraska–Lincoln people includes notable graduates, instructors, and administrators affiliated with University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

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Liverpool and the Black Atlantic

Liverpool and the Black Atlantic was a season of citywide series of exhibitions and events initiated by Tate Liverpool exploring connections between cultures and continents.

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Lois Mailou Jones

Loïs Mailou Jones (November 3, 1905 – June 9, 1998)Carla M. Hanzal,, Mint Museum of Art, October 2009, Chronology, pp.

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Malvin Gray Johnson

Malvin Gray Johnson (January 28, 1896 – October 4, 1934) was an African-American painter, born and raised in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller

Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (born Meta Vaux Warrick, June 9, 1877 – 18 March 1968) was an African-American artist notable for celebrating Afrocentric themes.

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Niggerati

The Niggerati was the name used, with deliberate irony, by Wallace Thurman for the group of young African-American artists and intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance.

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Social realism

Social realism is the term used for work produced by painters, printmakers, photographers, writers and filmmakers that aims to draw attention to the everyday conditions of the working class and to voice the authors' critique of the social structures behind these conditions.

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Terry Adkins

Terry Roger Adkins (May 9, 1953 – February 8, 2014) was an American artist.

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The Blacker the Berry (novel)

The Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life (1929) is a novel by American author Wallace Thurman, associated with the Harlem Renaissance.

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The New Negro: An Interpretation

The New Negro: An Interpretation (1925) is an anthology of fiction, poetry, and essays on African and African-American art and literature edited by Alain Locke, who lived in Washington, DC and taught at Howard University during the Harlem Renaissance.

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The Princess and the Frog

The Princess and the Frog is a 2009 American animated musical film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.

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Thomas Montgomery Gregory

Thomas Montgomery Gregory (August 31, 1887 – November 21, 1971) was a dramatist, educator, social philosopher and activist, historian and a leading figure in the National Negro Theatre Movement Montgomery Gregory, a native of Washington, D.C., was key in cultivating and nurturing the concept of a National Negro Theatre Movement during the early decades of the 20th century against the backdrop of an 80-year-old minstrel tradition and the popularity of Black-themed dramatic works by white writers, underscored by the commercially fledgling efforts of Black playwrights in America.

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Topeka High School

Topeka High School (THS) is a fully accredited high school, serving students in grades 9–12, located in Topeka, Kansas.

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Treasury Relief Art Project

The Treasury Relief Art Project was a New Deal arts program that commissioned visual artists to provide artistic decoration for existing Federal buildings during the Great Depression in the United States.

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Two Centuries of Black American Art

Two Centuries of Black American Art was a 1976 traveling exhibition of African-American art organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).

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United States Academic Decathlon topics

The United States Academic Decathlon (USAD) is an academic competition for high school students in the United States.

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Unspeakable (TV series)

Unspeakable is a Canadian television series created and written by Robert C. Cooper, co-produced by CBC Television and SundanceTV, based on the books Bad Blood by Vic Parsons and The Gift of Death by Andre Picard, that chronicles the emergence of HIV and Hepatitis C in Canada in the early 1980s.

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Visual art of the United States

Visual art of the United States or American art is visual art made in the United States or by American artists.

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Wallace Thurman

Wallace Henry Thurman (August 16, 1902 - December 22, 1934) was an American novelist active during the Harlem Renaissance.

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William Artis

William Ellisworth Artis (February 2, 1914 – April 3, 1977)Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, African American Registry.

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Zodiac: Signs of the Apocalypse

Zodiac: Signs of the Apocalypse is a 2014 Canadian science fiction disaster television film directed for Syfy by (William) David Hogan as W.D. Hogan.

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1898 in art

The year 1898 in art involved some significant events.

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1939 in art

The year 1939 in art involved some significant events and new works.

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1979

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1979 in art

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Douglas

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