Black Artist artwork

Although Hudson River style landscape painting is most associated with Robert Duncanson, his floral still lifes first brought him recognition.  He is also thought to be the first black painter and muralist in America to earn his living by painting and to become internationally known. Born in New York State to a Scottish Canadian father and mulatto mother, he likely had a birth year between 1817 and 1822, but that remains uncertain.  Because of racial prejudice, his fat (showing 500 of 7797 characters).

America's first internationally renowned African-American artist, Henry Ossawa Tanner was born in Pittsburgh to a well-educated and devoutly religious family.  When Henry was age 13, his father, the Reverend Benjamin Tucker Tanner, moved the family to Philadelphia.  With the support of his parents and inspiration from the art of the 1876 Philadelphia Exposition, he enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy to study with Thomas Eakins who became a close friend.




Known for abstract sculpture in bronze and marble as well as prints and paintings, particularly depicting the female figure, Elizabeth Catlett is unique for distilling African American, Native American, and Mexican art in her work.  She is "considered by many to be the greatest American black sculptor". . .(Rubinstein 320)

Catlett was born in Washington D.C. and later became a Mexican citizen, residing in Cuernavaca Morelos, Mexico.  She spent the last 35 years of her lif (showing 500 of 9328 characters).