Influences
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Title
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Influences
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Date
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1945--1952
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Creator
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Hale A. Woodruff, 1900-1980
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Contributor
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Atlanta University Comission
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Description
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Hale Aspacio Woodruff was an artist and art educator known for his murals, paintings, and prints from Cairo, IL. Influences, the fifth panel in the Art of the Negro mural series, conveys the role of traditional African art in the development of 20th century Western art movements.
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Primary Subject
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1900-1999
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Black power
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Activism
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Art
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Additional Subject
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African diaspora
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Racial uplift
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Social life and customs
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Afrocentrism
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Location
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Atlanta
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Fulton County
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Georgia
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USA
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Type
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Murals
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Medium
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Oil on canvas
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Measurements
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11 ft. x 11 ft.
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Format
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JPG
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HBCU Identifier
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1952.016
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HCAC Identifier
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HCAC.CAU.114
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Rights
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All rights held by the Clark Atlanta University Art Museum. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, Clark Atlanta University, (404) 880-6102 Attn: Museum Director.
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Contributing Institution
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Clark Atlanta University
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Source
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Clark Atlanta University Art Museum
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Collection
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The Art of the Negro Mural Series
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Language
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English
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Notes
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Influences (5) conveys the role of traditional African art in the development of 20th century Western art movements. He recognizes African art’s impact on modernist artists like Moore, Picasso, and Modigliani. Additionally, the inclusion of Lam and the Haitian vèvè represent the evolution of African art in the diaspora.
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