african american artists

Surveys the life of African-American artist William H. Johnson as his young niece might have told it. The artist's paintings provide the illustrations.

A picture book biography of urban environmental artist Tyree Guyton, discussing his childhood in 1950s Detroit and the way he used art to transform his decaying, crime-ridden neighborhood into an internationally-recognized exhibit.

Discusses the life and work of African-American artist Romare Bearden, presenting color and black-and-white illustrations of paintings and collages, and includes interviews in which Bearden discusses his influences, his working processes, and his deep feelings for music.

Bessie Nickens chronicles her childhood and travels in rural America, as her parents worked in saw mills, oil fields, and cotton farms.

Recounts the life of the twentieth-century African-American collage artist who used his southern childhood, New York City, jazz, and Paris to influence his bold and meaningful art.

Contains sixty-six alphabetically arranged entries that profile African-American artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and briefly describes the lives and accomplishments of Ghada Amer, Norman Lewis, Hale Woodruff, and others.

Offers a brief introduction to the life and work of African-American painter and storyteller Jacob Lawrence.

Tells the story of how artist African-American artist Tom Miller developed his talent with the help of family and friends in his Baltimore neighborhood and includes illustrations by Miller in his self-described "Afro-Deco" style.

Provides profiles of some of the less publicly celebrated African-Americans who have made significant contributions to American life in the areas of music, art, literature, entertainment, education, philosophy, science, math, architecture, medicine, religion, and civil rights.

Contains in depth discussion of the work and life of twenty-four twentieth century African-American women artists.