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The Three Wisemen, Contemporary Mixed-Media Art by African American Artist Bai
By Bai (Carl Karni-Bain)
Located in New york, NY
artist in over two dozen international art fairs since 2003, BAI has garnered an audience worldwide. In
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Fabric, Digital, Charcoal, Pastel
'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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Black Angel - African American Artist
Located in Miami, FL
a realist style by African American artist Thomas Blackshear. Oil on canvas laid on board
Category
Early 2000s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Black Angel - African American Artist - Black Artist
Located in Miami, FL
a realist style by African American artist Thomas Blackshear. Oil on canvas laid on board
Category
Early 2000s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
H 60 in W 41 in D 2 in
Africa - Collage Painting in Orange - African American Artist
Located in Miami, FL
African American artist Alvin Hollingsworth created an inventive and intriguing close-up portrait
Category
1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Burlap, Wood, Oil
H 18.2 in W 24.4 in D 2 in
Gnarled Tree - African American Artist
By Charles Alston
Located in Miami, FL
artwork, and 1950 he became the first African-American instructor at the Art Students League, where he
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Modernist Portrait by African American Artist Charleston Wilson
Located in Larchmont, NY
period,Charleston Wilson also painted fine art to be sold. African-American artist Joseph Delaney created
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
H 25.25 in W 21.25 in D 1 in
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 Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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 Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Improvisation abstract African-American artist painting.
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
, Contemporary Black Artists in America, a 1971 show at The Whitney.
Biography:
Artist and art educator, Roland
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
St. George — African American artist
By John Tarrell Scott
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
ARTIST
John Tarrell Scott is best known for his monumental woodcuts and his African-Caribbean-New Orleans
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut
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 Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
'Sculpturegraph' — Modernist Abstraction, Contemporary African American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
created on a distinct matrix.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born in Alabama, African American sculptor, printmaker
Category
1980s American Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Monoprint
The Black Indian Chief by African American Artist Bai, Contemporary Art on Paper
By Bai (Carl Karni-Bain)
Located in New york, NY
The Black Indian Chief, 2024 by contemporary African American artist Bai (Carl Karni-Bain), is a 30
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Rag Paper, Ballpoint Pen
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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Stone, Slate
H 18.2 in W 24.45 in D 2 in
'#9' — Modernist Abstraction — African American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Smithsonian American Art Museum. His work is referenced in 'Afro-American Artists, A Bibliographical Directory
Category
1970s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
#6 — Modernist Abstraction — African American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Cederholm, Boston Public Library, 1973, and in 'Free Within Ourselves: African-American Artists in the
Category
1970s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
#4 — Modernist Abstraction — African American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Smithsonian American Art Museum. His work is referenced in 'Afro-American Artists, A Bibliographical Directory
Category
1970s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
#5 — Modernist Abstraction — African American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Cederholm, Boston Public Library, 1973, and in 'Free Within Ourselves: African-American Artists in the
Category
1970s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Blues" 1971 African American Artist - Color lithograph Framed
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
A wonderful print by African American artist, Charles White (1918 - 1979)
"Blues"
Color lithograph
Category
1970s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Lithograph
Two Men and a Horse by African American Artist Bai, Contemporary Art on Paper
By Bai (Carl Karni-Bain)
Located in New york, NY
Two Men and a Horse, 2024 by contemporary African American artist Bai (Carl Karni-Bain), is a 30 x
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Rag Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Avalon, Abstract Acrylic Painting by African American Artist Bai, Framed
By Bai (Carl Karni-Bain)
Located in New york, NY
New York City. As an artist in over two dozen international art fairs since 2003, BAI has garnered an
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Ballpoint Pen
H 19.5 in W 17.5 in D 0.5 in
The House of Shango — African American artist
By Samella Lewis
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
by the artists’ lives. And she espoused the concept of African American art as an 'art of tradition
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Indian Chief by African American artist Bai, Contemporary Work on Paper
By Bai (Carl Karni-Bain)
Located in New york, NY
Indian Chief, 2024 by contemporary African American artist Bai (Carl Karni-Bain), is a 30 x 22in
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Rag Paper, Ballpoint Pen
H 30 in W 22 in D 0.25 in
Biography of a Drive-By: wall sculpture by Black African-American artist
By Richard J. Watson
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
American cites. signed by the artist.
PROVENANCE: Exhibited in "Portals + Revelations: Richard J. Watson
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Panel
Women on Horseback, Acrylic on Canvas by African American Artist Bai
By Bai (Carl Karni-Bain)
Located in New york, NY
African-American artist Bai.
"Colour becomes symbols I use to reflect emotional stages that humans
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Ballpoint Pen
H 43 in W 53 in D 1.5 in
Tomorrow is Today, Abstract Acrylic Painting by African American Artist Bai
By Bai (Carl Karni-Bain)
Located in New york, NY
York City. As an artist in over two dozen international art fairs since 2003, BAI has garnered an
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Ballpoint Pen
H 17 in W 15.75 in D 0.5 in
3-part painting construction by Black African American artist, w/ found objects
By Richard J. Watson
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
held in the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art; the Pennsylvania Academy of
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Glass, Wood
Abstract painting w/ photograph & collage objects, Black African-American artist
By Richard J. Watson
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
held in the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art; the Pennsylvania Academy of
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Chester Williams, Black Artist, Abstract Bronze, Wood African American Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
few contemporary African American artists to be commissioned for “Absolut Expressions,” an Absolut
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
African American Artist Charles Bohannah (1910- 1985) oil painting, portrait
Located in Framingham, MA
, titled "Sun and Shade".
Signed in the lower-left corner by Listed African-American Artist Charles
Category
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 23.5 in W 19.5 in D 2 in
Abstract Mixed Media Painting African American Woman Artist Cheryl Warrick
Located in Surfside, FL
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Roxbury, MA, Rhode
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas
Abstract Print African American Female Artist Wilhelmina Godfrey "Yesterday"
By Wilhelmina McAlpin Godfrey
Located in Buffalo, NY
School, attended the Art Institute of Buffalo, and studied at the School for American Craftsmen at the
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Exodus 12 - African American Artist - colorful abstract red orange purple pink
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
For four decades, G. (Gloucester) Caliman Coxe was considered the dean of African-American artists
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Grant Series Torn Paper Collage Painting African American Artist John Rozelle
By John Rozelle
Located in Surfside, FL
Academy of Fine Arts. The Chemistry of Color: African American Artists in Philadelphia, 1970-1990. The
Category
1980s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Laid Paper, Mixed Media
African American Realist Oil Painting Baseball Outsider Folk Art Andrew Turner
By Andrew Turner
Located in Surfside, FL
the legacy of African American participation in the arts."
Folk Artist, Outsider artist, Folk Art. His
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
Art book: 30 Americans artists (hand signed and dated by Glenn Ligon)
By Glenn Ligon
Located in New York, NY
range of African-American art. Recent New York exhibitions inspired the Rubell family to mount an
Category
2010s Contemporary More Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset
H 11.5 in W 9 in D 1.25 in
'African Idol' — 1930s American Modernism
By Robert Vale Faro
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Robert Vale Faro, untitled (African Idol), serigraph, c. 1940, edition 6. Signed in pencil. A fine
Category
1940s American Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Woman with a Bull by African Ameriican Artist Bai, Contemporary Art on Paper
By Bai (Carl Karni-Bain)
Located in New york, NY
Woman with a Bull, 2023 by contemporary African American artist Bai (Carl Karni-Bain), is a 30 x
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Ballpoint Pen, Oil Pastel, Rag Paper
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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Oil
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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Oil
African American Woman artist Mailou Jones Cezannian Cote d'Azur cubist village
Located in Norwich, GB
If you are interested in African American Art and in Women in the Arts, I will certainly not need
Category
Mid-19th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper
H 29.93 in W 25.79 in D 1.19 in
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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Keeping the Culture. mixed media signed print, renowned African American artist
By Kerry James Marshall
Located in New York, NY
, which is considered Harvard University's highest honor in the field of African and African American
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen, Pencil, Mixed Media, Linocut
American Artist Abstract Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
.
She married Oscar H. Hunter, an African-American writer, in 1946. Together they founded a wallpaper
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint
Things You find in the Village with Red Puffer Fish, African American Artist Bai
By Bai (Carl Karni-Bain)
Located in New york, NY
New York City. As an artist in over two dozen international art fairs since 2003, BAI has garnered an
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board, Ballpoint Pen
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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper
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
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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 Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
EXODUS 28 African-American Art colorful abstract red orange green purple yellow
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
, G. (Gloucester) Caliman Coxe was considered the dean of African-American artists in Louisville
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Realist Artist Janet Fish
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American realist artist Janet Fish, 1995. Comes
Category
1990s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Blue Crain Wall, by Noland Anderson, African American Woman in Blue
Located in Charelston, SC
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African american artist
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Steinhardt Woodcut Marian Anderson Signed African American, Israeli Bezalel Art
By Jacob Steinhardt
Located in Surfside, FL
recognition at home and abroad for African American artists. In 1939 an incident involving the Daughters of
Category
1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
H 22.75 in W 14.25 in D 0.1 in
African American Mother and Child by Peggy Dodds Circa 1940's
By Peggy Dodds
Located in Rochester, NY
, Woodstock Art Association, American Artists Professional League.
Awards:
Society of Independent Artists
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 46 in W 30 in D 1 in
"Ingosi" African American Portrait, Abstract Collage, Colors
By Onzie Norman
Located in Detroit, MI
"Ingosi" is an abstracted collage portrait of an artist holding the symbolic tool of his work - his
Category
2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Stainless Steel
Portrait of African American Woman by Anthony Sisti Circa 1930's
Located in Rochester, NY
Portrait of an African American Woman by Tony Sisti (1901-1983). Sisti was a master draftsman. With
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper
H 29 in W 25 in D 1.5 in
Portrait of a young African American woman
By Chuck Tingley
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on canvas by Chuck Tingley.
Chuck Tingley is one of four artists responsible for
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
British-American Artist Malcolm Morley, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
, the Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Smithsonian Archives of American Art
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
H 11 in W 14 in D 0.03 in
Social Realist Street Scene of Youth at Play (African American)
By Paul Zimmerman
Located in Surfside, FL
Davenport's, A Grand Tradition: Art and Artists of the Hoosier Salon, and Who was Who in American Art. Born in
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Smoke by Noland Anderson, African American Male @ Cigar Lounge Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Charelston, SC
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African american artist
African american painting
African-american art
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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