African-American Artists, 1929-1945: Prints, Drawings, and Paintings in the Metr

ISBN-10
1417687487
ISBN-13
9781417687480
Category
Art
Language
English
Published
2003-02-01
Publisher
Turtleback Books
Authors
Lisa Mintz Messinger, Lisa Gail Collins, Rachel Mustalish

Description

This book focuses on the work of African American artists during the Depression and the war years (1929-1945), when government-sponsored programs such as the WPA led to a general resurgence in artistic production throughout the United States. The catalogue features the work of Robert Blackburn, Raymond Steth, Horace Woodroff, and Dox Trash, among others, with a smaller selection of paintings and watercolors by such notable artists as Horace Pippin, Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, and Bill Traylor. Included are essays on the work in its cultural context and on printmaking techniques. Most of the works in this volume are recent acquisitions of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and have not been previously published.

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