The Emergence of the African-American Artist

The Emergence of the African-American Artist
Author: Joseph D. Ketner
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Total Pages: 254
Release: 1993
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780826209740

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Duncanson persevered. With no professional training, he taught himself to paint by copying prints and portraits and sketching from nature. He began his career as a house-painter and decorator, eventually graduating to the work that would make him famous in his time, landscape painting.


The Emergence of the African-American Artist
Language: en
Pages: 258
Authors: Joseph D. Ketner (II)
Categories: African American painters
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993 - Publisher:

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"Known in the mid-nineteenth century as the best landscape painter in the West, Robert S. Duncanson fell into obscurity for nearly a century after his death. In
A History of African-American Artists
Language: en
Pages: 600
Authors: Romare Bearden
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993 - Publisher: Pantheon

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A landmark work of art history: lavishly illustrated and extraordinary for its thoroughness, A History of African-American Artists -- conceived, researched, and
African-American Art
Language: en
Pages: 328
Authors: Sharon F. Patton
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Discusses African American folk art, decorative art, photography, and fine arts.
Creating Black Americans
Language: en
Pages: 476
Authors: Nell Irvin Painter
Categories: African American artists
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Blending a vivid narrative with more than 150 images of artwork, Painter offers a history--from before slavery to today's hip-hop culture--written for a new gen
Creating Their Own Image
Language: en
Pages: 368
Authors: Lisa E. Farrington
Categories: African American art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher:

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Creating Their Own Image marks the first comprehensive history of African-American women artists, from slavery to the present day. Using an analysis of stereoty