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The Three Wisemen, Experimental Mixed-Media Art, African American Artist
By Bai (Carl Karni-Bain)
Located in New york, NY
. The foundation for my portraits comes from the African Mask. As a child, I remember the visual impact
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Fabric, Digital, Charcoal, Pastel
African American Pine Burr Quilt
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Exceptional African American pine burr quilt. All hand quilted and pieced. Found in Selma, Alabama
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Quilts
Materials
Textile
America
s Son
By Sedrick Huckaby
Located in Fairlawn, OH
cultural roles and the heritage of the African American family. His work has evolved from portraiture to
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Black Angel - African American Artist - Black Artist
Located in Miami, FL
a realist style by African American artist Thomas Blackshear. Oil on canvas laid on board
Category
Early 2000s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
#3 — Modernist Abstraction — African American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ourselves: African-American Artists in the Collection of the National Museum of American Art,' 1992. Dean’s
Category
1970s American Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pair of African American Portraits
By Josef Presser
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Josef Presser (Poland, United States, 1907 - 1967)
“Pair of African American Portraits”
9 x 7
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Home, African Village Scene Orange Sky, African American Artist
Located in Miami, FL
African mother with two children standing outside her "Home." The work is created by African American
Category
1970s Post-War Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Gnarled Tree - African American Artist
By Charles Alston
Located in Miami, FL
artwork, and 1950 he became the first African-American instructor at the Art Students League, where he
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Village in Benin Africa - African American Artist Paints Africa in the 1970s
Located in Miami, FL
landscape by an African American artist. It is characterized by flat pattens of bold color and distorted
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Photographic Paper
African American Portrait Photography, Portrait Prints, Portrait Art-Double Curl
By Addison Jones
Located in Delaware , OH
African American Portrait Photography, Portrait Prints, Portrait Art-Double Curl
ABOUT THIS PIECE
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Color
Cascade
— Contemporary African American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
in many museum collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Whitney Museum of American
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Mixed Media
Materials
Conté, Oil, Acrylic, Felt Pen
Three Sisters: large abstract expressionist figural painting
breast feeding
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Fine Arts, Museum of African American Art (Tampa, FL), Delaware Art Museum, Schomburg Center for
Category
1980s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mother with Sons, 3rd Ward, Houston, TX
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
Smithsonian Museum of American Art, African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond. The
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
America
s Son II (Sonny)
By Sedrick Huckaby
Located in Fairlawn, OH
, and Isamu Noguchi.
He has exhibited at the Resource Center of African American Art in Atlanta, the
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Looking Out, 3rd Ward, Houston, Texas
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
Museum of American Art, African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond. The
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Quartet
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
Museum of American Art, African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond. The
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Nude African American Woman
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This evocative pastel portrait captures the beauty and strength of an African American woman in a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Board
Just Like Me
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
Museum of American Art, African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond. The
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mid Century Portrait of an African American Man
By Genevieve Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-century figure study of an African American man by American Impressionist artist Genevieve
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper
Trucks in the City African American Self-Taught Florida Outsider Folk Art Urban
By Purvis Young
Located in New York, NY
Trucks in the City by African American, Folk, Self-Taught, Florida, Outsider Art Purvis Young Urban
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Black art abstract painting w/ collage, mixed media
photograph of Tupac Shakur
By Richard J. Watson
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Collection of African American Art; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; the Uniworld Corporation; Sony
Category
1990s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media
Improvisation abstract African-American artist painting.
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
. Ayers holds the distinction of having participated in the first important survey of African-Americans
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
$1,080 Sale Price
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Sculpturegraph
— Modernist Abstraction, Contemporary African American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
created on a distinct matrix.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born in Alabama, African American sculptor, printmaker
Category
1980s American Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Monoprint
African Idol
— American Modernism, Chicago Avant-garde
By Robert Vale Faro
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Robert Vale Faro, untitled (African Idol), serigraph, c. 1940, edition 6. Signed in pencil. A fine
Category
1940s American Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH HOUSES Signed Watercolor, Trees, African American Artist
Located in Union City, NJ
and 1940s, Joseph participated in many exhibitions of African-American art, the Works Progress
Category
1950s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Ink
The Kiss, 3rd Ward, Houston, Texas
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
, African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond. The exhibition catalog features
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Steinhardt Woodcut Marian Anderson Signed African American, Israeli Bezalel Art
By Jacob Steinhardt
Located in Surfside, FL
voices) of all time. She was the first African American singer to perform at the White House and the
Category
1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Mr. Shine, 3rd Ward, Houston, Texas
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
, African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond. The exhibition catalog features
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Quiet Song
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, African American Art: Harlem
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Two Sisters, Easter Sunday, 4th Ward, Houston, TX
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, African American Art: Harlem Renaissance
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Street Champion, 4th Ward - Black
White Photograph, Black Artist, Documentary
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, African American Art: Harlem
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Classic Boy
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
in a traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, African American Art
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Man with Pipe, 3rd Ward, Houston, TX
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, African American Art: Harlem
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hip Hop, Galveston, TX
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
Museum of American Art, African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond. The
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Heavenly From God, 3rd Ward, Houston, Texas
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
been included in a traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, African
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Social Realist Street Scene of Youth at Play (African American)
By Paul Zimmerman
Located in Surfside, FL
this urban street scene sensitively captures a group of African American kids at play.
Paul Zimmerman
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Frank Alan, 70s painting of African-American man
Located in San Francisco, CA
Frank Allen 70s painting of African-American man dressed in a white robe and top hat. Oil on canvas
Category
1970s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century Painting of Party by African-American from Detroit.
Located in Marco Island, FL
and LeRoy '54.
LeRoy Foster (1925–1993) was an African-American painter from Detroit, Michigan. He
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lady in Black Hat with Feathers
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
in a traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, African American Art
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Florida Oil Painting African American Woman Art Annie Nobles Miller Indian River
Located in Surfside, FL
African-American Florida working class people who wanted to paint. Following is the explanation of that
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Live Composition II, African American Artist, Painting on Paper
By Bai (Carl Karni-Bain)
Located in New york, NY
In contrasting colors that pop Live Composition II, 2024 by African American artist Bai is a 30” x
Category
2010s Abstract More Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Rag Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Slate Stone Collage Painting - African American Artist
By Alvin C. Hollingsworth
Located in Miami, FL
African American Artist Alvin Hollingsworth creates a mixed-media abstract painting/collage that
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Stone, Slate
"Brick" Portrait of Man Made Out Layered Paper, Sewn Canvas, and Stone
By Eustace Mamba
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Museum, the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art, and the Museum at the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Paint, Mixed Media, Found Objects, Canvas, Thread, Brick, Acrylic
"Night Bus", Depiction of Public Bus in Sewn Paper with Oil on Canvas
By Eustace Mamba
Located in Philadelphia, PA
of African American Art, and the Museum at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
"Black
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Textile, Paint, Mixed Media, Thread, Paper, Oil, Acrylic
John Biggers in His Studio by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., 1986, Gelatin Silver Print
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
, African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond. The exhibition catalog features
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"The Tailor", Figure with Sewing Machine in Yellow, Paint, and Collage
By Eustace Mamba
Located in Philadelphia, PA
the Woodmere Art Museum, the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art, and the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Textile, Mixed Media, Canvas, Thread, Oil, Acrylic
John Biggers in His Studio by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., 1986, Gelatin Silver Print
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
, African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond. The exhibition catalog features
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
All Kings were Boys, 3rd Ward, Houston, Texas by Earlie Hudnall, Jr.
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
in a traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, African American Art
Category
1990s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of African American Woman
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This striking charcoal portrait captures the essence of an African American woman with a unique
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Nude Figures, Metallic Gold Ground, African American Artist - Black Artist
Located in Miami, FL
, African American Artist. comic-strip illustrator and painter was born in New York City and began drawing
Category
1970s American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
2 Boys, 2 Dogs, 3rd Ward, Houston, Texas
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
, African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond. The exhibition catalog features
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Man with Twins, Belize
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Denton, TX
in a traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, African American Art
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
#9
— Modernist Abstraction — African American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ourselves: African-American Artists in the Collection of the National Museum of American Art,' 1992. Dean’s
Category
1970s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
#5 — Modernist Abstraction — African American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Theresa Dickason Cederholm, Boston Public Library, 1973, and in 'Free Within Ourselves: African-American
Category
1970s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
#4 — Modernist Abstraction — African American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ourselves: African-American Artists in the Collection of the National Museum of American Art,' 1992. Dean’s
Category
1970s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
#6 — Modernist Abstraction — African American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Theresa Dickason Cederholm, Boston Public Library, 1973, and in 'Free Within Ourselves: African-American
Category
1970s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Run Little Chillun
also
Revival
— African American Subject
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
, otherwise in good condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Reproduced: 'Representing America: The
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
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- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 31, 2023One of the key characteristics of African art is that it tends to emphasize emotion over realism, so pieces often don't closely resemble their animal or human subjects. In addition, traditional African artists tend to work in three-dimensional formats like sculptures rather than painting or drawing. Also, many pieces have a spiritual meaning to the creators and their cultures. On 1stDibs, shop a range of African art from some of the world's top sellers.
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- What is African art?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021African art is painting, sculptures, masks or installations that originate from the African continent. Masquerade, metalwork, sculpture, architecture, fiber art and dance are particularly popular artistic expressions in Africa. Many of these art forms are defined by expressive individualism, an emphasis on the human figure and visual abstraction.
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