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Africa - Collage Painting in Orange - African American Artist - Spiral Group
Located in Miami, FL
African American artist Alvin Hollingsworth part of the famous Spiral Group , created an inventive
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Burlap, Wood, Oil
Improvisation abstract African-American artist painting.
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
. Ayers holds the distinction of having participated in the first important survey of African-Americans
Category
1980s Abstract Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
$1,080 Sale Price
40% Off
Frank Alan, 70s painting of African-American man
Located in San Francisco, CA
Frank Allen 70s painting of African-American man dressed in a white robe and top hat. Oil on canvas
Category
1970s Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'African Idol' — Mid-Century African-American artist
By Charles Elmer Harris
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
African-American artists, and Karamu House, a center for artists, writers, dancers, and home of the oldest
Category
1950s American Modern Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Slate Stone Collage Painting - African American Artist
By Alvin C. Hollingsworth
Located in Miami, FL
African American Artist Alvin Hollingsworth creates a mixed-media abstract painting/collage that
Category
1960s Abstract Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Stone, Slate
Mid-Century Painting of Party by African-American from Detroit.
Located in Marco Island, FL
and LeRoy '54.
LeRoy Foster (1925–1993) was an African-American painter from Detroit, Michigan. He
Category
1950s American Modern Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of African American Family
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
meaningful addition for collectors interested in African American culture, Southern history, or American
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th C. Figurative Abstract Painting Cleveland School African American Artist
By Beni E. Kosh
Located in Beachwood, OH
African-American artists, and the Karamu House artist group.
Kosh scarcely ever exhibited or sold his work
Category
20th Century American Modern Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pardner, 1943 Vintage African American Art, Black Artist, Painting, Pet Portrait
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
African American artists. This show included works by Romare Bearden, who was awarded Honorable Mention
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
African American Sitting Portrait
By Arnold Blanch
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
social-realist American life with mystical overtones and a child-like seeming style. He was also a
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Two Female Nudes African American Expressionist Painting Smith Tower Gallery
Located in Portland, OR
An important painting of two female nudes by the celebrated African American artist, Robert
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Watercolor, Gouache, Pen
Abstract Mixed Media Painting African American Woman Artist Cheryl Warrick
Located in Surfside, FL
Cheryl Warrick (American, b. 1956),
"By Ones By Twos"
Acrylic mixed media on panel, 1999,
Hand
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1990s Contemporary Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
'Central Railroad' — Mid-Century African-American Artist
By Charles Elmer Harris
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
African-American artists, and Karamu House, a center for artists, writers, dancers, and home of the oldest
Category
1940s American Modern Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, India Ink
Village in Benin Africa - African American Artist Paints Africa in the 1970s
Located in Miami, FL
landscape by an African American artist. It is characterized by flat pattens of bold color and distorted
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Photographic Paper
African American Artist Charles Bohannah (1910- 1985) oil painting, portrait
Located in Palm Coast, FL
, titled "Sun and Shade".
Signed in the lower-left corner by Listed African-American Artist Charles
Category
1960s Impressionist Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pair of African American Portraits
By Josef Presser
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Josef Presser (Poland, United States, 1907 - 1967)
“Pair of African American Portraits”
9 x 7
Category
1940s Modern Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Home, African Village Scene Orange Sky, African American Artist
Located in Miami, FL
African mother with two children standing outside her "Home." The work is created by African American
Category
1970s Post-War Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"The First Time on Telephone" Black African American Folk Painting
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
compiled and submitted by Stephanie Reeves:
John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk
Category
1970s Folk Art Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Mixed Media
Gas Station Attendant (African American artist)
By Earl Hill
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
.
Occupation Painter, Illustrator and Educator
Nationality African-American
Biographical Information
Born
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Alabama Surreal Folk Art Oil Painting African American Woman, Flower Headdress
By Maltby Sykes
Located in Surfside, FL
" written on the stretcher verso
It is a Surrealist Folk Art figure of an African woman oil painting on
Category
1960s Folk Art Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Portrait of an African American Man
By Genevieve Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-century figure study of an African American man by American Impressionist artist Genevieve
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper
African-American Woman Life Study Painting by Leonard Buzz Wallace
Located in New Windsor, NY
oil painting on canvas of an African-American woman. Circa 1950-60. Signed on reverse, Buzz, which was
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
$1,320 Sale Price
20% Off
"Negro Night Club, " 1945 Painting Depicting African American Social Life
By Adalie Margules Brent
Located in Philadelphia, PA
and lively paintings of American society by Miguel Covarrubias. The painting was once in the
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Paint
$7,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Florida Oil Painting African American Woman Art Annie Nobles Miller Indian River
Located in Surfside, FL
African-American Florida working class people who wanted to paint. Following is the explanation of that
Category
1960s Abstract Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1970 Haitian Mod Gold Painting Portrait of African American Woman Emilcar Simil
By Emilcar Similien (SIMIL)
Located in Surfside, FL
tradition, reflecting African roots with strong Indigenous, American and European aesthetic and religious
Category
1970s Modern Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
Social Realist Street Scene of Youth at Play (African American)
By Paul Zimmerman
Located in Surfside, FL
this urban street scene sensitively captures a group of African American kids at play.
Paul Zimmerman
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Folk Art Mexican Girl Oil Painting on Burlap Charming Naive African American Art
By Jose Maria de Servin
Located in Surfside, FL
"primitive" by Western academia, such as Native American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Oil
Folk Art Mexican Boy Oil Painting on Burlap Charming Naive African American Art
By Jose Maria de Servin
Located in Surfside, FL
"primitive" by Western academia, such as Native American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Oil
Nude Figures, Metallic Gold Ground, African American Artist - Black Artist
Located in Miami, FL
, African American Artist. comic-strip illustrator and painter was born in New York City and began drawing
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Modernist Portrait by African American Artist Charleston Wilson
Located in New York, NY
period,Charleston Wilson also painted fine art to be sold. African-American artist Joseph Delaney created
Category
1970s Realist Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Pink & Purple Geometric Abstraction, Cleveland School African American Artist
By Beni E. Kosh
Located in Beachwood, OH
Institute of Art and later connected to the “Sho Nuff Art Group”, a group of African-American artists, and
Category
1960s Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Receding Flood, 1959" African American Abstract Expressionist Oil Connecticut
Located in Yardley, PA
by 48 inches wide (painting)
30.25 inches tall by 55.25 inches wide (frame)
Exhibited:
New Haven
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Expressionist African American Woman Portrait German Brazilian Harry Elsas
Located in Surfside, FL
structure before painting a picture. In 1945, he was working with Lasar Segall (Lithuanian Jewish and
Category
20th Century Expressionist Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Reclining Nude — Mid-Century Modernism, Renowned African American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
the medium. In his capacity as master printmaker, Blackburn collaborated with many major American
Category
1940s American Modern Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Ink
"Cars, Buildings People" Contemporary Outsider Folk Art African American Urban
By Purvis Young
Located in New York, NY
"Cars, Buildings People" Contemporary Outsider Folk Art African American Urban
The painting
Category
1990s Outsider Art Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Devil: No Horns, Burning in Hell, African American Harlem Renaissance
Located in Miami, FL
African American artist Harry O. Tanner in a review of his Prophet series exhibited in 1970.
"Devil: No
Category
1970s Expressionist Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Beautiful Maidens Nude Women Harem, Playboy Cartoon African American Illustrator
By E. Simms Campbell
Located in Miami, FL
E. Simms Campbel was the first major African American Illustrator. He did covers for Esquire
Category
1960s Impressionist Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Cuban Artist Pastel Drawing African American Emilio Cruz Bonnie & Clyde Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Museum in Harlem; the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Museum of African American History and
Category
20th Century Neo-Expressionist Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Nude Playboy Cartoon, First African American Illustrator Elmer Simms Campbell
By E. Simms Campbell
Located in Miami, FL
"Grandma," we see a deeply conceptual work, with the blank canvas as the main point of the painting.
The
Category
1960s Impressionist Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board, Pencil
Santa Claus Sexy Playboy Cartoon First African American Illustrator, Elmer Simms
By E. Simms Campbell
Located in Miami, FL
Santa has a quickie with Mom.
Elmer Simms Campbell was the first African American Illustrator to
Category
1960s Realist Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board, Pencil
Portrait of African Man by African American Artist Expressionist Brush Strokes
Located in Miami, FL
This Portrait of an African Man by an African American artist exhibits penetrating psychological
Category
1960s Expressionist Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pen
Nude. African American Woman exhibited piece 1942 University of Iowa exhibited
By Coreen Mary Spellman
Located in San Antonio, TX
well as a painter, designer, illustrator, lithographer and
muralist. Many of her paintings depicted
Category
1940s Impressionist Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Words to the Wise', African American Memento Mori, Skeletons, Bay Area, Black
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed on palette, lower right, 'John Diallo Jones' (American, 20th century) and dated 1992.
A
Category
1970s Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Mamas Shock" African American Black Folk Artist LEON COLLINS OF TEXAS
By Leon Collins
Located in San Antonio, TX
gives me my sight back, I’m going to start painting again.”
For two years Leon’s daughter Molly Bee was
Category
1970s Folk Art Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Oil
G Caliman Coxe EXODUS 28 African-American Artist 1980 abstract red orange purple
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
G. Caliman Coxe, an influential African American artist born in 1935, is celebrated for his
Category
1980s Abstract Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Trucks in the City African American Self-Taught Florida Outsider Folk Art Urban
By Purvis Young
Located in New York, NY
Trucks in the City by African American, Folk, Self-Taught, Florida, Outsider Art Purvis Young Urban
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Late 20th Century Outsider Art Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
G CALIMAN COXE Exodus 12 African American Artist 1980 abstract red orange purple
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
For four decades, G. (Gloucester) Caliman Coxe was considered the dean of African-American artists
Category
1980s Abstract Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Abstract African American Male Figure Study)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Abstract African American Male Figure Study)
Year
Category
1980s Renaissance Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Ink
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Black Panther Trials - Civil Rights Movement Police Violence African American
Located in Miami, FL
The Black Panther Trials - In this historically significant work, African American Artist Vicent D
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pen, Pencil, Paper
Black Power Pendant - Civil Rights Movement - African American
Located in Miami, FL
For those who remember the late 1960s, viewing this painting is as much a work of art as it is a
Category
1960s Contemporary Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen, Pencil
Original Signed & Dated Female Nude Drawing African American Expressionist
Located in Portland, OR
An early drawing of a female nude by the celebrated African American artist Robert Colescott (1925
Category
1960s Expressionist Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
'Mending', African American Woman Folk Artist, Houston, Dallas, Blues Museum Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
colors various aspects of African American secular and religious activities in Depression-era East Texas
Category
1980s Folk Art Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
African Tribal Celebration: Alex Haley Roots for Readers Digest
By Noel Sickles
Located in Miami, FL
Complex and detailed epic scale history painting of an African tribal celebration with an on
Category
1970s American Realist Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$12,800 Sale Price
20% Off
African Tribal Celebration: Alex Haley Roots for Readers Digest
By Noel Sickles
Located in Miami, FL
Complex and detailed epic scale history painting of an African tribal celebration with an on
Category
1970s American Realist Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Gouache
WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH HOUSES Signed Watercolor, Trees, African American Artist
Located in Union City, NJ
and 1940s, Joseph participated in many exhibitions of African-American art, the Works Progress
Category
1950s Contemporary Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Ink
Bridge Contemporary African American Urban Landscape 20th Century Alvin Ailey NY
By Romare Bearden
Located in New York, NY
"Bridge" Contemporary African American Urban Landscape 20th Century Alvin Ailey NYC
ROMARE BEARDEN
Category
1980s Contemporary Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Black Power, Attica Prison Riot Prisoners Racial Justice - African American Art
Located in Miami, FL
African American Artist Vincent D Smith makes a statement about racial justice. In this work from
Category
1970s Modern Vintage African American Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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Vintage African American Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs
On 1stDibs, there are several options of vintage african american paintings available for sale. Finding the ideal Expressionist, Modern or Contemporary examples of these works for your living room, whether you’re looking for small- or large-size pieces, is no easy task — start by shopping our selection today. There are many variations of these items available, from those made as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. If you’re looking to add vintage african american paintings that pop against an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include that feature elements of brown, black, gray, orange and more. These artworks have been a part of the life’s work for many artists, but the versions made by Bernard Harmon, Andrew Turner, Johnny Banks, Roland Ayers and Charles Elmer Harris are consistently popular. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in paint, oil paint and canvas — can elevate any room of your home.
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