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Portrait of a woman, oil on panel
Portrait of a woman, oil on panel

Portrait of a woman, oil on panel

By Jean Bouchaud

Located in PARIS, FR

He was one of the artists whom historian Louis Hautecoeur called "the painters of French Africa". After the First World War, Jean Bouchaud travelled throughout the Maghreb, sub-Sah...

Category

Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Nature's Printing Press
Nature's Printing Press

Nature's Printing Press

Located in Fairlawn, OH

(BECC) was organized in January 1969 by a group of African American artists in response to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Harlem on My Mind" exhibit, which omitted the contributio...

Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By Stanley Whitney

Located in Toronto, Ontario

Stanley Whitney (b.1946) is a contemporary African-American abstract painter known for his signature composition of loose grids of saturated color.

Category

2010s Abstract Animal Prints

Materials

Etching

Le Peintre et Son Modele
Le Peintre et Son Modele

Le Peintre et Son Modele

By Hans Erni

Located in Fairlawn, OH

He travels a lot in Europe, Africa and the United States. Painter of overflowing activity, Hans Erni participates in numerous collective exhibitions, in France and abroad.

Category

1960s French School Nude Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Antique American Expressionist Oil & Gouache Painting of Ibiza Martin Baer 1935
Antique American Expressionist Oil & Gouache Painting of Ibiza Martin Baer 1935

Antique American Expressionist Oil & Gouache Painting of Ibiza Martin Baer 1935

By Martin Baer

Located in Portland, OR

They took back to Paris and eventually to Chicago pictures that were a “new note,” clear out of the tradition of Delacroix, the first to make Paris conscious of North Africa. From De...

Category

1930s Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Watercolor, Gouache

Woman on a Patio, Pastel on Paper, Abstract Impressionist, Circa 1915
Woman on a Patio, Pastel on Paper, Abstract Impressionist, Circa 1915

Woman on a Patio, Pastel on Paper, Abstract Impressionist, Circa 1915

By Karl Albert Buehr

Located in Fairlawn, OH

One of his noted pupils at the Art Institute was Archibald Motley, Jr. the famous African American "Harlem" Renaissance painters. Motley credits Buehr with being one of his finest te...

Category

1910s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

"Immaculate Perception" Two Abstract Skulls on a Red Field
"Immaculate Perception" Two Abstract Skulls on a Red Field

"Immaculate Perception" Two Abstract Skulls on a Red Field

By Breyten Breytenbach

Located in Houston, TX

Artist Biography: Breyten Breytenbach, born September 16, 1939, is a South African writer and painter known for his opposition to apartheid, and consequent imprisonment by the South...

Category

1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Surrealist landscape with organic shapes
Surrealist landscape with organic shapes

Surrealist landscape with organic shapes

By Charles Harris ( Beni Kosh )

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Surrealist landscape with organic shapes Watercolor on paper, 1960-1970 Signed CE Harris lower right corner (see photo) Stamped with the artist’s estate stamp verso (see photo) Refer...

Category

20th Century Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Lega Bwami Society Mask on Display Stand with Provenance
Lega Bwami Society Mask on Display Stand with Provenance

Lega Bwami Society Mask on Display Stand with Provenance

Located in Atlanta, GA

Simpson is an American abstract expressionist painter and African and tribal art collector and dealer.

Category

Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

"Windows"
"Windows"

"Windows"

By Jacob Lawrence

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Exhibitions: An attached photo (3rd photo) of the back of the piece shows its extensive exhibition history. Biography: Leading African-American narrative painter, Jacob Lawrence...

Category

1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Mastry New and Sealed Exhibition Hardcover Catalogue
Mastry New and Sealed Exhibition Hardcover Catalogue

Mastry New and Sealed Exhibition Hardcover Catalogue

By Kerry James Marshall

Located in Draper, UT

The definitive monograph on contemporary African American painter Kerry James Marshall, accompanying a major traveling retrospective.

Category

2010s More Art

Materials

Archival Paper

Femme Assise Mixed Media Montage on Board, Signed, Geometric Style
Femme Assise Mixed Media Montage on Board, Signed, Geometric Style

Femme Assise Mixed Media Montage on Board, Signed, Geometric Style

By Armand Avril

Located in Cotignac, FR

His father, Marcel Avril was a painter and collector of African art. At 16 Armand became an apprentice shepherd in Provence.

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Wood, Plywood, Acrylic, Board

Color Embossed Lithograph Print New York Abstract Expressionist Woman Artist
Color Embossed Lithograph Print New York Abstract Expressionist Woman Artist

Color Embossed Lithograph Print New York Abstract Expressionist Woman Artist

By Amaranth Ehrenhalt

Located in Surfside, FL

In 1951, she traveled to North Africa with the painter Friedensreich Hundertwasser, and is the subject of three paintings titled "Rosyln 1, 2, 3" Amaranth describes life in 1950s Par...

Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Color, Lithograph

Vintage Dry Point Etching "Bison" by Józef Hecht
Vintage Dry Point Etching "Bison" by Józef Hecht

Vintage Dry Point Etching "Bison" by Józef Hecht

By Józef Hecht

Located in San Diego, CA

At his Paris studio, he taught burin-engraving - the classic copper-engraving technique - to many artists, including British surrealist painter and printmaker Stanley William Hayter,...

Category

Early 20th Century French Drawings

Materials

Paper

untitled Woman by the Windows
untitled Woman by the Windows

untitled Woman by the Windows

By Karl Albert Buehr

Located in Fairlawn, OH

One of his noted pupils at the Art Institute was Archibald Motley, Jr. the famous African American "Harlem" Renaissance painters. Motley credits Buehr with being one of his finest te...

Category

1910s Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pastel

Lincoln Center Festival 2001 Poster
Lincoln Center Festival 2001 Poster

Lincoln Center Festival 2001 Poster

By Sam Gilliam

Located in New York, NY

Medium: Serigraph Poster Size: 34 3/4 in × 39 1/2 in Framed Size: 36 3/4 in x 41 1/2 in Signed: No Framing Options: Available in Black, White, & Natural Frames *posters framed to the...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

The Break of Day Signed Woodcut Print, Afrocentric Portrait, 2005
The Break of Day Signed Woodcut Print, Afrocentric Portrait, 2005

The Break of Day Signed Woodcut Print, Afrocentric Portrait, 2005

By Otto Neals

Located in Union City, NJ

THE BREAK OF DAY is an original limited edition woodcut print by the African-American painter and sculptor, Otto Neals.

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Color Embossed Lithograph Print New York Abstract Expressionist Woman Artist
Color Embossed Lithograph Print New York Abstract Expressionist Woman Artist

Color Embossed Lithograph Print New York Abstract Expressionist Woman Artist

By Amaranth Ehrenhalt

Located in Surfside, FL

In 1951, she traveled to North Africa with the painter Friedensreich Hundertwasser, and is the subject of three paintings titled "Rosyln 1, 2, 3" Amaranth describes life in 1950s Par...

Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Color, Lithograph

Pair of Maiolica Flower Pots by Pasquale Rubati, Milan, Circa 1770
Pair of Maiolica Flower Pots by Pasquale Rubati, Milan, Circa 1770

Pair of Maiolica Flower Pots by Pasquale Rubati, Milan, Circa 1770

By Pasquale Rubati

Located in Milano, IT

As well as the illustrious antecedents with "wayfarers and architectures" produced in Pavia by the painters Africa at Pavese manufactories "Imbres" and "Rampini".

Category

Antique 1770s Italian Rococo Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Maiolica

Paisaje, Godella (Valencia) Espana
Paisaje, Godella (Valencia) Espana

Paisaje, Godella (Valencia) Espana

Located in San Francisco, CA

In the 1940s and 1950s he obtained his first awards: Provincial Exhibition of Education and Rest of Valencia (1947), Prize from the General Directorate of Fine Arts (1954), First Sec...

Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Black Bird
Black Bird

Black Bird

By Benny Andrews

Located in New York, NY

Benny Andrews (American, 1930-2006) "Black Bird", Abstract Lithograph signed in rear of Print, 30 x 22.25, Late 20th Century, 1980 Colors: Black, Grey, White, Green, Red, Orange, Ye...

Category

1980s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Traveler 1 Figurative Painting, Post-Modern, Acrylic on Canvas, 2010+
Traveler 1 Figurative Painting, Post-Modern, Acrylic on Canvas, 2010+

Traveler 1 Figurative Painting, Post-Modern, Acrylic on Canvas, 2010+

By Aragbada Stephen

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

He celebrates black skin as an African artist, promoting positive representations of blacks, diaspora, and brown skin Africans.

Category

2010s Post-Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Pencil, Acrylic, Canvas

Rocky Inlet Oil Painting, American Impressionist, Circa 1915, Framed
Rocky Inlet Oil Painting, American Impressionist, Circa 1915, Framed

Rocky Inlet Oil Painting, American Impressionist, Circa 1915, Framed

By Karl Albert Buehr

Located in Fairlawn, OH

One of his noted pupils at the Art Institute was Archibald Motley, Jr. the famous African American "Harlem" Renaissance painters. Motley credits Buehr with being one of his finest te...

Category

1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Woman on a Patio, Pastel on Paper, Abstract Impressionist, Circa 1915
Woman on a Patio, Pastel on Paper, Abstract Impressionist, Circa 1915

Woman on a Patio, Pastel on Paper, Abstract Impressionist, Circa 1915

By Karl Albert Buehr

Located in Fairlawn, OH

One of his noted pupils at the Art Institute was Archibald Motley, Jr. the famous African American "Harlem" Renaissance painters. Motley credits Buehr with being one of his finest te...

Category

1910s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Aventurine (Edition D'Artiste)
Aventurine (Edition D'Artiste)

Aventurine (Edition D'Artiste)

By Amaranth Ehrenhalt

Located in New York, NY

Giacometti, Sonia Delaunay, who invited me to choose my paint supplies and put it on her tab, Hundertwasser, who painted 3 portraits of me, Yves Klein, Alberto Burri, who asked me to...

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

And, lo, three men stood by Abraham

And, lo, three men stood by Abraham

By Adam Mysock

Located in New Orleans, LA

While Mount is acknowledged as one of the first painters to present African- Americans in a positive light, his beliefs about slavery were at odds with Abraham Lincoln’s.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

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