David Hammons, The Door (Admissions Office), 1969
California African American Museum, Los Angeles, California
David Hammons is an African American Artist born in 1943 who was part of the Black Power Movement. He creates art that pokes fun at racial issues while sending a strong message about those issues at the same time (Schjeldahl).
Archibald Motley - Blues
Archibald Motley was a African American who was born in 1891 and died on 1981. He was one of the many African American Artist who were in the Harlem Renaissance.
Archibald earned a fellowship from the Guggenheim, he was able to travel anywhere in Europe. When he was in Paris, he enjoyed and loved the Paris nightlife. So he made a painting called Blues.
People really like that the painting looks colorful and you can sense the “Blue”
Credits
http://whitney.org/image_columns/0071/0629/blues_resized_800.jpg
Scott Morris, M. "Through artists' eyes Exhibit focuses on African-American perspectives." Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal (Tupelo, MS) 08 Apr. 2012: Newspaper Source Plus. Web. 21 Apr. 2016.
"Archibald Motley." Britannica School. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2016. Web. 21 Apr. 2016.
"Archibald Motley." Britannica School. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2016. Web. 21 Apr. 2016.
Otfinoski, Steven. "Motley, Archibald." African Americans in the Visual Arts, Third Edition. Facts On File, 2014. African-American History Online. Web. 21 Apr. 2016.
Works Cited
Miss Maher
Photo credit:
http://crudevessels.tumblr.com/post/81207515700/david-hammons-the-door-admissions-office-1969
Photo credit: http://therealdeal.com/2011/03/22/washington-heights-townhouse-comes-with-unexpected-surprise-conceptual-art-by-david-hammons-on-the-hot-sheet-at-444-west-162nd-street/
Annie Ma
Evening Rendezvous (1962)
Norman Lewis
Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Washington D.C.
Norman Lewis in his Studio in New York
About the Artist:
(Britannica; Smithsonian American Art Museum)
My Thoughts:
Today, we have resolved the issue of most races being oppressed - but I can see that issue rising again - Trump thinking that Muslims and Mexicans are Terrorists - there could be another Ku Klux Klan
We need to follow the American Dream -
To provide equality for all people
To give everyone an equal opportunity
About the Art:
(Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Annie Ma
Annotated Bibliography
Norman Rockwell, The Problem We All Live With, 1964
Born in New York City in 1894, Norman Rockwell always wanted to be an artist. At age 14, Rockwell enrolled in art classes at the New York School of Art. Two years later, in 1910, he left high school to study art at the National Academy of Design…. From Bridgeman, Rockwell, learned the technical skills on which he relied throughout his long career.
(Norman Rockwell Museum)
Said by Eric, “The girl appears confident and proud, even as she is overshadowed by U.S. marshals in muted gray suits….... And viewers are left to determine just what the "problem" is that "we all live with.” (Eric)
“She does not seem to notice the tomato splashed on the wall behind her nor the “N” word written in graffiti on the wall.” (Eric)
We can see today that many African Americans are being treated very poorly. Some people don’t even give them service. Don’t treat them as nicely as other people. But as the day’s go on, we are still improving. We, as a nation, still are fighting really hard to not be racist or have any discriminatory people against African Americans. Or even anyone.
By: Jaylynn Robinson
Fancy Bibliography
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http://www.nrm.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Problem_web.jpg
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You can find this in Ebsco and also the Norman Rockwell Online Museum.
You can find this in Ebsco and also the Norman Rockwell Online Museum.
Archibald Motley - Blues
Archibald Motley was a African American who was born in 1891 and died on 1981. He was one of the many African American Artist who were in the Harlem Renaissance.
Archibald earned a fellowship from the Guggenheim, he was able to travel anywhere in Europe. When he was in Paris, he enjoyed and loved the Paris nightlife. So he made a painting called Blues.
People really like that the painting looks colorful and you can sense the “Blue”
I really like this piece of artwork because there is so much color and contrast, with the red then the blue, looks very nice.
You can find it at Whitney Museum of American Art
Aditya Rajesh
Credits
http://whitney.org/image_columns/0071/0629/blues_resized_800.jpg
Scott Morris, M. "Through artists' eyes Exhibit focuses on African-American perspectives." Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal (Tupelo, MS) 08 Apr. 2012: Newspaper Source Plus. Web. 21 Apr. 2016.
"Archibald Motley." Britannica School. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2016. Web. 21 Apr. 2016.
Otfinoski, Steven. "Motley, Archibald." African Americans in the Visual Arts, Third Edition. Facts On File, 2014. African-American History Online. Web. 21 Apr. 2016.
Aditya Rajesh
“Blues gives form, colour, and meaning to the Harlem Renaissance idea of a part aural, part performative act of black enchantment….is bold in its racial and cultural locus for modernism, and assertive in its aesthetic privileging of black performers." (Gilroy)
Archibald J. Motley, Blues, 1929,
Chicago History Museum,
Archibald J. Motley never worked or lived in Harlem but his work inspired many Harlem Renaissance artwork. Was one of the first famous artist to concentrate on African American life. (Gilroy).
Blues features African-Americans with different skin tones because he was a mixed race child. The warm reds and warmer colors show a slower more casual setting while he used deep purples and reds (cool and rich jewel tones) to show fanciness and high class (Britannica).
This piece of artwork really shows that even though Blacks were being oppressed, they were starting to live life with no fear. Through times of inequality and hardship, African-Americans realized that the journey the equality is not easy, so why not enjoy life. A quote that really fits this piece is...
“don’t forget to sing in the lifeboat,” because the Blacks did not stop living their life.
Shaina Shah
Photo Credits:
http://www.newyork.com/articles/attractions/on-view-archibald-motley-jazz-age-modernist-at-the-whitney-museum-43331/
Archibald J. Motley Jr. Blues, 1929 | Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist."Archibald Motley Jazz Age Modernist. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Apr. 2016.
Gilroy, Paul. "Archibald J. Motley Jr - Blues." Archibald J. Motley Jr - Blues. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Apr. 2016.
Hartel Jr., Herbert R. "Archibald Motley." Art In America 104.2 (2016): 94-95. MasterFILE Elite. Web. 20 Apr. 2016.
Archibald Motley." Britannica School. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2016. Web. 20 Apr. 2016.
Bibliography
Shaina Shah
Iiiiiii Aaron Douglas, Song of the Towers, 1934 i iIIIi
Aaron Douglas was one of the leading figures during the Harlem Renaissance who used modern art to depict the daily lives of African Americans. He was born on the 26th of May, 1899. He wanted to use his art to portray the struggle of black people for political and creative freedom. (Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia.)
Marilyn Zhang
This painting was made, I believe, because it perfectly captures the struggle of black people to become famous and being recognised during the Harlem Renaissance. It depicts a very american dream... the possibility of rising to the top, but at the same time it depicts what happens when you fall, when you fail.
During a time where African American culture was booming, Aaron Douglas painted this painting to make “Negroes” feel proud of their culture.
The Negro In An African Setting
During a boom of black culture, this painting was used to show people what African American culture was and to shows blacks what their culture was about and why they should love it. This painting tried to bring peace between two clashing cultures, and it should be inspiration for all of us to come to peace with not only our culture, but others too.
The Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, Illinois.
By: Aaron Douglas, 1934
Pranav Kumar
Bibliography
Picture Credit - http://exhibitions.nypl.org/treasures/archive/files/douglas-negro-in-an-african-setting_07ee8170de.jpg
AIC (The Art Institute of Chicago) - "The Art Institute of Chicago." Study for Aspects of Negro Life: The Negro in an African Setting. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Apr. 2016.
Bio.com - "Aaron Douglas." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 21 Apr. 2016
Pranav Kumar
Into Bondage by Aaron Douglas, 1963
By Aditya B.
Painting held in Corcoran Gallery of Art’s permanent collection in Washington D.C.
What many African Americans or any group being discriminated
felt at the time.
Aaron Douglas was one of the most famous artists during the Harlem Renaissance. He created art that most people believe
To have shown black history and treatment. Its purpose was to send a strong message to the people who were discriminating against them.
Works Cited Page
Image Credits:
Iiiiiii Aaron Douglas, Song of the Towers, 1934 i iIIIi
Aaron Douglas was one of the leading figures during the Harlem Renaissance who used modern art to depict the daily lives of African Americans. He was born on the 26th of May, 1899. He wanted to use his art to portray the struggle of black people for political and creative freedom. (Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia.)
Marilyn Zhang
This painting was made, I believe, because it perfectly captures the struggle of black people to become famous and being recognised during the Harlem Renaissance. It depicts a very american dream... the possibility of rising to the top, but at the same time it depicts what happens when you fall, when you fail. Even though this was painted many years ago, its lesson can still be applied today because of its relevance to celebrities and even people who want to become famous...You have to work hard and overcome many, many obstacles, before you can finally reach your goal.
New York Public Library
Bibliography
Marilyn Zhang
Maria Varela, Washington County, Mississippi, 1966
After briefly working in SNCC’s Atlanta headquarters, Varela was assigned to Selma, Alabama to help educate and register black voters in the “belly of the beast” of the battle for civil rights. Throughout Varela’s life, she recognized the connections between struggles for civil rights everywhere. After leaving SNCC, one of her most profound photographic experiences was shooting the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign in Washington, DC, which brought together Black Americans, low-income Whites, Chicanos, Native Americans, and Puerto Ricans—among others—under a shared desire for justice. - By Mirissa Neff
The Washington county- The U.S. military evicted more than one hundred plantation workers from the Greenville air force base. "People are hungry in the Delta," a protester told the Justice Department representative. - maria varela
Now we have developed because we have given more opportunity than taking in the past years that we have not see the full potenial in all people no matter the skin color, race or religion. Maria Valera was born 1940 and is not dead yet. She is 86 years old. And her art is stored at Scheller and Rodale Galleries
Joseph lilleywhite
Human image of artist- - the person is maria Varela
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on#safe=active&q=Maria+Varela
Picture of image and where I got some information of the picture- - maria varela
http://www.allentownartmuseum.org/exhibition/light-ours-activist-photographers-civil-rights-movement
Joseph Lillywhite's sources
Why not? Celebration (1855) by Charles Searles Parth Kale
Charles Searles (1837-1870) was born in Philadelphia, in 1837. He moved to New York later on. He was inspired by many artist during the renaissance time period. His inspiration was the evolution from before to after they move to Harlem. His philosophy stated that his paintings showed happiness not despair.
This painting was inspired by a street festival in his native Philadelphia.Dancers and drummers performed on a portable stage while children played,” he said, recalling the festival. We can connect this to our daily lives because just like the black culture we also parties and gatherings to release our stress and celebrate
This painting shows happiness and we should all be like this which is being united and not having any problems with each other. This peice of artwork shows a drum circle of africans showing there joy and happiness.
Smithsonian Archives, Washington D.C, Maryland
Sources
Parth Kale
"IIP Digital | U.S. Department of State." African-American Art Chronicles Struggles, Triumphs. N.p., 16 May 2012. Web. 20 Apr. 2016.
Tyler School of Art, Temple University — Charles Searles: In Motion, on view through June 16
LaSalle University Art Museum – Charles Searles: The Mask of Abstraction, on view through May 31
Woodmere Art Museum — Charles Searles: A Focus on the Figure, on view through June 15
“Nightlife” by: Archibald J. Motley Jr.
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/citi/images/standard/WebLarge/WebImg_000254/187546_3027714.jpg
Chicago Institution of Art
By: William Santa Maria
Sources (William Santa Maria
http://nasher.duke.edu/motley/project/black-belt/
Collection of the Hampton University Museum
Kansas-born, Douglas was a leading member of the Harlem Renaissance, also known as the New Negro Movement. This period of intense creativity in the visual arts, literature, music, and dance inspired African Americans to be proud of the heritage of their race((The Art Institute of Chicago)
Last Located in Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture,
Art and Artifacts Division, The New York Public Library,
Aaron Douglas, Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the Towers, 1934
By Jill Mehta
Works Cited
Photo Credit: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA03/staples/douglas/song.html
Photo Credit: http://scalar.usc.edu/works/harlem-renaissance/harlem-renaissance-artist-aaron-douglas-1899-1979
Jill Mehta
Aaron Douglas, From Slavery Through Reconstruction, 1934 By: Peter Zhang
Aaron Douglas, an African American artist, was born in Topeka, Kansas on May 26, 1899. Douglas was a University of Nebraska graduate with a degree in fine arts and a degree from the Teachers College of Columbia University. Douglas was one of the leading artists of the Harlem Renaissance period, and inspired many future artists. (Otfinoski)
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York City, New York
Works Cited
Photo Credit:
http://exhibitions.nypl.org/treasures/items/show/170
Peter Zhang
Norman Rockwell, The Problem We All Live With, 1964 (Krishna)
This painting is currently in the Norman Rockwell Museum Of Art
Works Cited (Krishna)
Jacob Lawrence, The Migration of the Negro, 1940
Whitney Museum of American Art (Manhattan, NY)
Jacob Lawrence painting one of his art pieces
Mehak Bhardwaj
Works Cited
Whitney Museum of American Art. "Migration." NetTrekker. Whitney Museum of American Art, 2002. Web. 21 Apr. 2016.
Burr, Constance. "Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Of The Negro." Humanities 15.3 (1994): 15. MasterFILE Elite. Web. 21 Apr. 2016.
"Jacob Lawrence." Britannica School. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2016. Web. 21 Apr. 2016.
Picture Credits:
http://northbysouth.kenyon.edu/1998/art/pages/lawrence.htm
https://whitney.org/www/jacoblawrence/art/migration_series.html
Mehak Bhardwaj
Palmer Hayden, Midsummer Night in Harlem, 1938
Midsummer Night in Harlem captures “unheroic, ordinary aspects of the black experience.” (Allan M. Gordon, PhD) His pieces are “often flavored by nostalgic, archaic memories of his own.” He attempted to represent the “experiences of black men in the United States.”
Palmer Hayden was born in Widewater, Virginia, in 1890. He was known as a self-taught artist with primitive style. His artwork was known to be both humorous and unflattering at times. His pieces represented scenes from urban life and captured black subjects in their daily routine.
We can look at this piece of art as a nice image of a scene pulled right out of a Sunday evening in Harlem. It shows how pleasant the times were and it would make people who lived in those times feel nostalgic. This is just another everyday experience from an African American environment in New York.
Michaelle Fabius
Smithsonian Museum, New York, New York
Works Cited Michaelle Fabius
Photo Credit:
Photo Credit:
Faith Ringgold, Die, 1967
Jennifer Cruz
Faith Ringgold is African American artist and author, she was born in Oct. 8, 1930. Ringgold grew up in New York City’s Harlem. During high school she decided to become an artist, In the mid-1950s she started to teach art in New York public schools. Made the “American People Series” which illustrates the Civil Rights Movement from a woman’s view. She made “story quilts” that were inspired by Tibetan tankas, paintings that were framed in cloth. Ringgold also started creating children’s books in 1991. (Britannica Biographies.)
The National Museum of Women in the Arts , Washington, DC
Works Cited
Jennifer Cruz
Motley from the age of nine knew that he wanted to be an artist. He was born in New Orleans. His ancestors are African American, European, Creole, and Native American. Seeking economic opportunities, his family moved from New Orleans to Chicago in 1893.(Art Institute of Chicago)
This piece of art is a self-portrait, it shows a portrait of him holding a paint pallette. The pallette in his hand represents his profession, an artist.
Archibald Motley, Self-Portrait
Kriti Aitharaju
This artwork shows Archibald, a black artist. It shows that even after a bad time for black people he was still able to do what he loved, even though there were a lot of haters.
“… for years many artists have depicted the Negro as the ignorant southern ‘darky,’ … gulping a large piece of watermelon … or [as] a cotton picker or a chicken thief. This material is obsolete … Progress has changed all of this. In my paintings I have tried to paint the Negro as I have seen him and as I feel him, in myself, without adding or detracting, just being frankly honest.”(Archibald Motley)
This piece of art was created in 1920
Bibliography
Find this piece of art at The Art Institute of Chicago
Kriti Aitharaju
Archibald Motley, Jr. Nightlife, 1943
About the Artist Archibald Motley Jr.was born on October 7, 1891 in New Orleans. He sketched while he traveled with his family. In 1920’s Motley started painting portraits He had showed most work in Art Institute of Chicago.
By: Ananya Seshadri
About The Painting
The painting is of Africans Americans at a bar at midnight. This painting focused on lighthearted moment gaiety. The bar was filled music, dancing, and many conversations. This painting shows many African Americans just dancing,drinking, and having fun.
Opinion
Africans were being more accepted, and they were allowed to do more things. This shows that they had broken records, and changed the world. They had built the world for African Americans after them.
More About The Painting
This is one of the most viewed paintings by Archibald Motley Jr. You will able to view his paintings including this one at The Art Institute of Chicago.
Bibliography
By: Ananya Seshadri
http://www.chicagotribute.org/Images/Motley%20portrait.jpg
Palmer Hayden, Midnight At the Crossroad, 1940
Found in: M. Hanks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Palmer Hayden was born on January 15, 1890 in Widewater, Virginia. Palmer Hayden was inspired to draw by his older brother. Palmer Hayden is considered one of the most significant artist during the Harlem Renaissance. (Hanks)
Shreya Joshi
Bibliography
Shreya Joshi
Can be found in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C
Picture of Palmer Hayden
Palmer Hayden
By Lionel Quaynor
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Lionel Quaynor
Aaron Douglas’s The Negro in an African Setting, 1934
By:Daniel Ajay
This picture shows 2 African Americans dancing in Africa when they were free and not enslaved. The sculpture above the African’s head is spirits of the African culture. This piece of art also represents African music. This is 1 of the 4 panels created by Aaron Douglas. The first panel is this one. The second panel is one which shows African Americans being enslaved and being brought to the U.S. The third panel is one which shows them in liberation during the civil war. The last panel is African American living in the modern city. He painted under a program for the 135th street of the New York Public Library.
Aaron Douglas
Aaron Douglas was born on May 26,1899 in Topeka,Kansas. Douglas graduated from the University of Nebraska with a Bachelor's degree in art. He became a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance Movement. People called Aaron Douglas the father of African American art. He made this piece because he wanted to show what the African Americans have been through. He started it from when they were happy in Africa and then were enslaved. Then they were liberated during the civil war and then lived in the modern city.
Bibliography
By:Daniel Ajay
http://www.driskellcenter.umd.edu/narratives/images/artwork/sec2/polk_p_01.jpg
http://exhibitions.nypl.org/treasures/items/show/170
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/exhibitions/AfricanAmerican/Study
http://exhibitions.nypl.org/treasures/items/show/170
http://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/321729
The picture has a very deep meaning to it, which is one of the reasons in which this piece spoke to me. The tomato on the wall represents the slander and hate against the african Americans.the young girl wearing the white is innocent and seems to just missed it and had no idea what was happening
This work of art was created in 1964, and was created in resemblance of the civil rights era. A place were his artwork can be viewed is in the Rockwell Museum.
Norman Rockwell, The Problem We All Live With, 1964
Bibliography
Bibliography
Charles White, We Have Been Believers, 1949
Cleveland Museum of Art
Charles White was born in 1918 in Chicago. He saw that black people could do more, so he spread his thoughts in the form of art. (White)
Michael Bell
Citations
Michael Bell