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African-American Painter and Graphic Artist. Born: May 26, 1899 - Topeka, Kansas. Died: February 2, 1979 - Nashville, Tennessee. Harlem Renaissance. "We can go to African life and get a certain amount of form and color, understanding and using this knowledge in development of an expression that interprets our life."
- African-American
- May 26, 1899
- Topeka, Kansas
- February 2, 1979
Aaron Douglas was born and raised in Topeka, Kansas, on May 26, 1899, [5] to Aaron Douglas, Sr, a baker from Tennessee, and Elizabeth Douglas, a homemaker and amateur artist from Alabama. His passion for art derived from admiring his mother's drawings. [6] He attended Topeka High School, during which he worked for Skinner's Nursery and Union ...
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Aaron Douglas (May 26, 1899 – February 3, 1979) was an American painter, illustrator and visual arts educator. He was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance. He developed his art career painting murals and creating illustrations that addressed social issues around race and segregation in the United States by utilizing African-centric imagery.
- American
- May 26, 1899
- Topeka, United States
- February 3, 1979
Johnson’s secretary, wrote to Douglas encouraging him to come east. Initially Douglas declined, but the following spring, at the conclusion of the school year, he resigned his teaching position and traveled to New York. Douglas, Aaron American, 1899 - 1979 Carl van Vechten, Aaron Douglas, April 10, 1933, photograph, Yale
Aaron Douglas was born in Topeka, Kansas on May 26, 1899. Douglas began his studies at the University of Nebraska at the age of nineteen, and in 1922 he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Following his studies in Nebraska, he taught visual arts at Lincoln High School in Kansas City, Missouri for two years.
May 26, 1899 - Feb 2, 1979. Aaron Douglas was an American painter, illustrator and visual arts educator. He was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance. He developed his art career painting murals and creating illustrations that addressed social issues around race and segregation in the United States by utilizing African-centric imagery.
Aaron Douglas (May 26, 1899 – February 2, 1979) was an American painter, illustrator, and visual arts educator. He was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance. He developed his art career painting murals and creating illustrations that addressed social issues around race and segregation in the United States by utilizing African-centric imagery.
