black artists

What Are The Major Themes Of African-American Art?

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What Are The Major Themes Of African-American Art? Many reflect the tremendous social and political change that occurred from the early Republic to the Civil War, through the rise of industry, the Jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissance, the post-war years, the Civil Rights movement to present day questions of personal identity and racism. What

Who Was The First African American Artist To Paint Another African American?

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Who Was The First African American Artist To Paint Another African American? Henry Ossawa Tanner Born June 21, 1859 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. Died May 25, 1937 (aged 77) Paris, France Nationality American Who was the first well known African American artist? Henry Ossawa Tanner was the United States’ first African-American celebrity artist. Who is the