1. Black History Month Famous Black artists

2. Henry Ossawa Tanner Born in Pennsylvania 1859 Died May 25, 1937 first African-American painter to gain international acclaim Painted realism His early paintings depicted everyday life, later he began creating religious paintings

3. Henry Ossawa Tanner The Banjo Lesson 1893 The Annunciation 1898

4. Jean-Michel Basquiat Born in New York in 1960 died at age 27 in 1988 He was Haitian American He was a Graffiti artist, Street artist, and Neo- expressionist (portraying recognizable objects, such as the human body (although sometimes in an abstract manner), in a rough and violently emotional way using vivid colors)

5. Jean-Michael Basquiat Untitled 1984 Untitled 1981

6. Kara Walker Born in CA 1969 Contemporary artist explores race, gender, sexuality, violence and identity in her work Best known for her room sized black cut paper silhouettes

7. Kara Walker Cut Means to an End 1995

8. William H. Johnson born in 1901 in Florence, South Carolina Johnson was a “Folk” artist – Painting with bright colors and two dimensional figures In late 1930, Johnson moved to Denmark and married

9. William H. Johnson The increasing threat of World War II and growing Nazism led the interracial couple to move to New York in 1938. Unfortunately living as an interracial couple in the U.S was not easy either

10. William H. Johnson Fortunately, he artistic community of Harlem, New York, which had become more enlightened and experimental embraced the couple.

11. William H. Johnson In 1942, just one year after Johnsons biggest art show, a fire destroyed his studio, leaving his artwork and supplies reduced to ashes. Two years later, in 1944, Johnson's beloved wife of 14 years, died of breast cancer. Johnson died in 1970