Faith Ringgold is an African-American painter, writer, speaker, mixed media sculptor and performance artist best known for her...
Jacob Lawrence’s The Migration Series (1940–41), a sequence of 60 paintings, depicts the mass movement of African Americans...
Romare Howard Bearden (September 2, 1911- March 12, 1988) was an African-American artist and writer renowned primarily for his collages. In subject matter, Bearden’s brightly-colored collages featured a diverse array of...
Hale Aspacio Woodruff (August 26, 1900 – September 6, 1980) was an African-American artist known for his murals,...
“My historical paintings represent the ultimate reference to the collective memory that all Haitians share about their glorious...
Norman W. Lewis was an African American Abstract Expressionism painter. His earlier work was mostly figurative, but in the late 1940s, his work became increasingly abstract. He was member of the...
“An artist paints his own reality.” “My early paintings have all the rawness and passion of the (football)...
Laurie Cooper is an African-American artist born and based in Philadelphia, PA. She received her BA degree from...
This pictorial post features a powerful 40-panel visual narrative by Haitian artist Joseph Kendy titled “Noir & Blanc” (Black & White). The work tells a profound love story set against the...
“Art at its best can heal. It can inspire the human spirit to soar new heights for the...
Abdul Badi was born in Washington DC but spent his formative years in Brooklyn New York. As a...
[dropcap size=small]A[/dropcap]nthony Burks is one of the most unique conceptual artists in America.His paintings mix colored pencils, watercolor, pen, and ink, and are characterized by his unusual choice of colors. Whether...
Meserette Kentake, founder of Kentake Page, was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, and is of Yoruba descent (mtDNA). Now based in London, she holds a BSc in Counselling Psychology but is most passionate about…
