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African American Art of the Early 1900’s. Finding a Voice Through Art. Maryssa Lovejoy. Henry Ossawa Tanner. Henry Ossawa Tanner was an African American realist artist who often painted human subjects. This painting is called The Banjo Lesson. http://www.artchive.com/artchive/T/tanner.html.
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African American Artof the Early 1900’s Finding a Voice Through Art Maryssa Lovejoy
Henry Ossawa Tanner Henry Ossawa Tanner was an African American realist artist who often painted human subjects. This painting is called The Banjo Lesson. http://www.artchive.com/artchive/T/tanner.html
Archibald Motley Archibald Motley created many paintings of mixed race people and African Americans. His paintings are so full of life and show people from all different backgrounds coexisting. This is entitled Blues. http://20thcenturyart.suite101.com/article.cfm/archibald_motley
Laura Wheeler Waring Laura Wheeler Waring was a teacher as well as a portrait painter. She was one of the first artists to have work displayed in the country’s first African American art exhibit. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/arts/waring.html