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View all 17 artworks. Aaron Douglas lived in the XIX – XX cent., a remarkable figure of American Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement). Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
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- Noah's Ark, 1927
‘Noah's Ark’ was created in 1927 by Aaron Douglas in Art...
- From Slavery Through Reconstruction
‘From Slavery Through Reconstruction’ was created in 1934 by...
- A Long Way From Home
‘A Long Way from Home’ was created in 1937 by Aaron Douglas...
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- The Legacy of Aaron Douglas
Aaron Douglas was born into a rather large, proud, and politically active African American community in Topeka, Kansas. His father worked as a baker, and while his family did not have much money, his parents emphasized the importance of education and aimed to instill a sense of optimism and self-confidence in their son. Douglas's mother, Elizabeth,...
Douglas went on to attend the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1922. During his time at college, he also worked as a waiter, and was an active member of the University Arts Club. After graduation, Douglas spent two years (1922-1923) at Lincoln High School in Kansas City, Missouri (where he taught cl...
During the 1930s, Douglas's career began to gain momentum as he became a prominent member of the Harlem Renaissance. In 1930, Douglas served as artist in residence at Fisk University in Nashville, where he was commissioned to paint a cycle of murals for the Cravath Memorial Library. (He would later return to Fisk and become a long-time member of it...
In 1937, Douglas received a Julius Rosenwald Foundation fellowship to travel to historically-Black colleges in the South. The Foundation had been created in 1917 by Chicago businessman Julius Rosenwald, who made his fortune as part owner, president, and chief executive of Sears, Roebuck & Company. Rosenwald funded the building of more than 5,000 sc...
Douglas is sometimes referred to as "the father of Black American art," as he was a central figure in the development of an artistic vocabulary that generations of African-American artists would use to present their culture and identity on their own terms and to combat popular, racist depictions of African Americans. Douglas developed this vocabula...
- African-American
- May 26, 1899
- Topeka, Kansas
- February 2, 1979
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Apr 2, 2014 · Aaron Douglas was an African American painter and graphic artist who played a leading role in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s. His first major commission, to illustrate Alain...
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Aaron Douglas pioneered the African-American modernist movement by combining aesthetic with ancient African traditional art. He set the stage for future African-American artists to utilize elements of African and African-American history alongside racial themes present in society.
