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Frederick C. Flemister, native to Jackson, GA, was a student of Hale A. Woodruff at Atlanta University in the 1940s. Self-Portrait is an impressionistic piece depicting Flemister preparing to paint. He is standing in front of a canvas while holding a paintbrush in his left hand and a palette in his right.
Hayward Oubre was a multimedia artist and educator from New Orleans, LA. Self Portrait is an etching of the artist from the shoulders up. His neck, shoulders, ears, and mouth are etched lightly, while his hair, eyebrows, eyes, and mustache are dark and etched deeply.
James Reuben Reed was a painter born in Kansas City, MI. Self Portrait is a print depiction of the artist staring toward the viewer. In the background are abstract shapes and dark shadows.
Robert A. Daniel was an artist from Tallahassee, FL. Self Portrait depicts the artist in a door frame, looking toward the viewer. Daniel overlays a muted blue watercolor and a gold sketched frame, further centering him as the subject.
Thomas Edward Goodwin was an artist from Chicago, Ill. Self Portrait is a painting of the artist staring toward the viewer. Goodwin wears a yellow sweater in a room with neutral colors and a dark blue curtain. His saturated skin, round eyes, and short black hair help to depict the artist.
Born in Ohio, Vernon Winslow studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. Sharecropper’s Migration is a watercolor painting of a family with gestural features. With a muted red skin tone, the father rests his hand on his son’s shoulder to reassure him. The family wears a sad but hopeful expression as they ride on a horse carriage.
Hayward Oubre was a multimedia artist and educator from New Orleans, LA. His etching Silent Sentinel, created during his MFA at the University of Iowa, reflects his interrogation of social realism and cultural symbology.
Mark Hewitt was an artist from Boston, MA. Slave Girl is a black and white print of a young African woman standing before a bearded man wearing all white. The man’s hand rests on his chest, and the shirtless woman wears a solemn expression and looks towards the viewer.
Dr. Arthur L. Britt was an artist and educator from Cuthbert, GA. Society Wheels is an abstraction that uses black and white to enact visual chaos and composition. The inclusion of "KKK" positions it as a critique of American race relations and racial violence.
Charles White was a painter, printmaker, muralist, and educator known for his stylistic approach to African American subjects from Chicago, IL. Solid as a Rock is a print of the profile of a robed Black man. The barefoot man is holding on to his robe with his left and hides his right hand.
Joseph D. Atkinson, Jr., was an artist from Atlanta, GA. Solitude depicts a white woman posing in front of a mirror, illuminating her with a lamp. The woman stands slightly profiled while facing the viewer; her right hand is raised, and the left is in a fruit bowl.
Charles W. Stallings was a painter, printmaker, sculptor, and educator from Springfield, MO. Soothsayer is a marble sculpture of a psychic medium. The smooth texture of the face contrasts with the rougher texture depicting the hair.
Charles W. Stallings was a painter, printmaker, sculptor, and educator from Gary, IN. Sorrowing Woman is a print depicting a woman with a sad expression. Stallings overlays two images of the woman: in the foreground, her expression is contemplative as she looks upward, and in the background, she wears a solemn expression.
Mark Hewitt was an artist from Boston, MA. Spirit of 366th depicts a portrait of a young Black man from the 366th infantry in an Army uniform. The soldier looks into the distance of a shining light while dark-hued clouds of brown, black, and purple gather overhead.
Gilbert H. Hatcher was a painter from Augusta, GA. Spring Folic is an abstract painting with a green background. The color palette includes hues of yellow, red, orange, green, white, and black. Gestural strokes of paint are layered to create a feeling of nature and springtime.
Henri Linton was an artist and art professor from Tuscaloosa, AL. Stanley is a print of a solemn Black man. The subject rests his head in his hand as he looks past the viewer.
David Driskell was a Black artist, scholar, and curator known for his fusion of African abstract forms and modern aesthetics. Still Life is an abstract print of inanimate kitchen objects. It features a bowl of fruit, plates of food, vases of flowers, and other objects atop a table.
William S. Carter was an abstract, landscape, still-life, and figurative painter from St. Louis, Missouri. Still Life embodies its namesake by depicting a table of commonplace objects with a muted background. Carter's subjects include a teacup, a vase with flowers, fruit, a feather, and an empty vase on top of a haphazard cloth.
Howard E. Lewis was an Art professor and Korean War veteran from Columbus, OH. Still Life with Fish is a watercolor depiction of two fish and a vase on a table. Lewis uses stark shapes, colors, and patterns to create the fish, vase, table, and background.
Alfa Bell was an artist from Montgomery, AL. Still Life with Fruit is an abstracted print of inanimate kitchen objects with an abstracted background. The piece features a cup, pieces of fruit, and gourds on top of a white sheet in front of a water pitcher and a plate.
Lucille Malkia Roberts was a painter and educator from Washington, D.C. Street in Senegal is an abstract depiction of people shopping on a market street in Senegal, West Africa. Roberts uses muted colors to create the robust marketplace environment and emphasizes the shoppers and their goods with Black silhouettes.
Walter Augustus Simon was an art historian, professor, and artist best known for his abstract oil paintings from Petersburg, VA. String Dance shows two women dancing with a thin white string. Their arms are stretched above their heads to pull the string as they dance together barefooted.
Zenobia Hammonds was an artist from Hampton, VA. Student Artist is a sketch of a male student working at a tabletop easel. The artist has his head resting on his hand as he creates his own art.
Charles E. Haines was an artist from Indianapolis, IN. Sunday Morning is an urban cityscape under a bright blue sky. In the foreground of the piece is an elevated railway and residential buildings, In the background is a red brick building and a church's spire.
Charles W. Stallings was a painter, printmaker, sculptor, and educator from Gary, IN. Swamp Fever is a print of two swamp creatures. Stallings uses stark black, red, and green lines and shadows to create cartoon-like renditions of swamp creatures with shocked expressions.
Jewell Woodard Simon was an internationally acclaimed artist, teacher, and poet from Houston, TX. Teen Enigma is a plaster bust of a young girl looking into the distance with her head raised. She is wearing a collared shirt with the top button clasped.
Shirley Bolton was a painter from Athens, GA. Tenement is a multimedia depiction of the entrance to a shared housing space. The dimensional browns of the buildings indicate the age and use of the tenement space. Three cardboard pieces on top of the painted surface add texture and form to the piece.
J. Brooks Dendy III was a painter, graphic artist, and educator from Pittsburgh, PA. The Allegheny Valleys depicts an aerial view of a mountain range, valley, and river in Western Pennsylvania.
James Newton was a painter, printmaker, scholar, and professor from Delaware. The American Sixties is an assemblage that symbolizes the political turmoil and militarization that arose in the 1960s after the Civil Rights Movement.
Richmond Barthe was a sculptor from Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The Angry Christ is an intensely expressive bust of Christ. The bust is incredibly detailed, emphasizing Jesus of Nazareth's Semitic features.
