African American Artof the Early 1900’s

Maryssa Lovejoy

Finding a Voice Through Art

Henry Ossawa Tanner

Henry Ossawa Tanner was an African American realist artist who often painted human subjects. This painting is called The Banjo Lesson.

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/T/tanner.html

Archibald MotleyArchibald Motley created many paintings of mixed race people and African Americans. His paintings are so full of life and show people from all different backgrounds coexisting. This is entitled Blues.

http://20thcenturyart.suite101.com/article.cfm/archibald_motley

Laura Wheeler Waring

Laura Wheeler Waring was a teacher as well as a portrait painter. She was one of the first artists to have work displayed in the country’s first African American art exhibit.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/arts/waring.html