1. African American Art of the Early 1900’s
Finding a Voice Through Art
Maryssa Lovejoy

2. Henry Ossawa Tanner
Henry Ossawa Tanner was an African American realist artist who often painted human subjects. This painting is called The Banjo Lesson.

3. 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.

4. 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.