The University of Iowa Department of English: Professor Florence Boos: Art Galleries

African American Artists


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Joshua Johnston (or Johnson)
Portrait of a Gentleman
1805

Joshua Johnston (or Johnson)
Portrait of a Gentleman
1805-10

Joshua Johnston (or Johnson)
The Westwood Children
1807

Edmonia Wildfire Lewis

Forever Free
1867
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Edmonia Wildfire Lewis
Death of Cleopatra
1876

Grafton Taylor Brown
The Iron-Clad Mine
c. 1880

Harriet Powers
Bible Quilt
1886

Harriet Powers
Bible Quilt
1898
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Grafton Taylor Brown

Yosemite Falls
1888

Henry Ossawa Tanner

The Banjo Lesson
1893

Henry Ossawa Tanner
Head of a Girl in Jerusalem (The Artist’s Wife)
1899

William A. Harper
Landscape with Poplars (Afternoon at Montigny
1898
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Nelson Primus

Portrait of a Lady (Lady with Golden Hair)
1907

Edwin A. Harleston

Portrait of a Woman
1920

Nancy Elizabeth Prophet
Silence
1920-40

Archibald J. Motley, Jr.

Mending Socks
1924
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Archibald J. Motley, Jr.

The Octoroon Girl
1925

Palmer Hayden

Fétiche et Fleurs (Fetish and Flowers
1926

Laura Wheeler Waring

Anne Washington Derry
1927

Vivian Schuyler Key

Cover illustration for The Crisis, A Record of the Darker Races
1929, February issue
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Dox Thrash
Miss X
1930

James Lesesne Wells

The Flight Into Egypt
1930

James Lesesne Wells

Escape of the Spies from Canaan
1933

James A. Porter

Woman Holding a Jug
1932
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Aaron Douglas

Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the Towers
1934

Aaron Douglas

Aspiration
1936

Aaron Douglas
Boy with Toy Plane
1938

Charles Alston
The Blue Shirt
1935
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Charles Alston
Modern Medicine
1935

Jacob Lawrence

Iceman
1936

Norman Lewis

Yellow Hat
1936

Hale A. Woodruff

Landscape
1936
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Hale A. Woodruff
Landscape
1936

Eldzier Cortor

The Night Letter
1938

Bill Traylor

untitled (Anthropomorphic Figure and Cat)
1938-43

Marion Perkins

Sitting Figure
1939
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Bill Traylor

Man and Large Dog
1939-42

Charles Sallee, Jr.

Girl with Pink Geranium
1940

Charles White

Sojourner Truth
1940

William H. Johnson

Going to Church
1940-41
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Horace Pippin
John Brown Going to his Hanging
1942

Thelma Johnson Streat

WPA Mural Studies: contributions of African Americans in medicine, transportation & industry
1930s-40s

Thelma Johnson Streat

Black Kings
1945

Minnie Evans
Untitled
1945-67
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Minnie Evans

Design Made at Airlie Gardens
1967

Hughie Lee-Smith

Landscape
1947

Hughie Lee-Smith

Reflection
1957

Marion Perkins
The Kiss
1948
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Norman Lewis
Harlem Courtyard
1954

Norman Lewis

Harlem Turns White
1955

James Van DerZen
Alpha Phi Alpha Basketball Team
1956

Margaret Burroughs
Girl Seated
1959
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Clementine Hunter

The Pole Watchers
1948

Clementine Hunter

Zinnias in a Pot
1965

Elizabeth Catlett

Sharecropper
1970

Elizabeth Catlett

Seated Figure
1979
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Elizabeth Catlett

Homage to Black Woman Poets
1984

Selma Burke

Peace
1972

Lucille Malkia Roberts

Spectrum
1972

Romare Bearden

The Magic Garden
1978
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Charles White

Sound of Silence
1978

William S. Carter

Woman Thinking
1981

Melvin Edwards

Gate of Ogun
1983

Norma Morgan
Friends and Sisters
1984
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Viola Burley Leak

Field Trilogy
1985

Christian Walker

Miscegenation
1985-88

Lucille Malkia Roberts

Guardian
1986

John Biggers

Starry Crown
1987
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Jacob Lawrence

Genesis Creation Sermon I: In the Beginning All Was Void
1989

Jacob Lawrence

Genesis Creation Sermon II: And God Brought Forth the Firmament and the Water
1989

Jacob Lawrence
Genesis Creation Sermon III: And God Said “Let the Earth Bring Forth the Grass, Trees, Fruits, and Herbs
1989

Jacob Lawrence
Genesis Creation Sermon IV: And God Created the Day and the Night and God Created and Put Stars in the Skies
1989
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Jacob Lawrence
Genesis Creation Sermon V: And God Created All the Fowls of the Air and Fishes of the Sea
1989

Jacob Lawrence
Genesis Creation Sermon VI: And God Created All the Beasts of the Earth
1989

Jacob Lawrence

Genesis Creation Sermon VII: And God Created Man and Woman
1989

Jacob Lawrence

Genesis Creation Sermon II: And God Brought Forth the Firmament and the Water
1989
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Faith Ringgold
Change : Faith Ringgold’s Over 100 lbs Weight Loss Performance Story Quilt
1986

Faith Ringgold
Subway Graffiti #3
1987

Faith Ringgold

Sketch for "Dancing at the Louvre"
1990

Faith Ringgold
Dancing at the Louvre
1991
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Faith Ringgold

The Sunflowers Quilting Bee at Arles
1991

Faith Ringgold

Moroccan Holiday
1997

Lorna Simpson

Guarded Conditions
1989

Lorna Simpson

Guarded Conditions
1990
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Emma Amos

Equals
1992

Dawoud Bey

Brian and Paul (Brian)
1993

Dawoud Bey
Brian and Paul (Paul)
1993