African-American art
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African-American art is a broad term describing the visual arts of the American black community (African Americans). Influenced by various cultural traditions, including those of Africa, Europe and the Americas, traditional African-American art forms include the range of plastic arts, from basket weaving, pottery, and quilting to woodcarving and painting.
Influential contemporary artists include Larry D. Alexander, Laylah Ali, Amalia Amaki, Emma Amos, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Dawoud Bey, Camille Billops, Mark Bradford, Edward Clark, Willie Cole, Robert Colescott, Louis Delsarte, David C. Driskell, Leonardo Drew, Mel Edwards, Ricardo Francis, Charles Gaines, Ellen Gallagher, Herbert Gentry, Sam Gilliam, David Hammons, Jerry Harris, Richard Hunt, Martha Jackson-Jarvis, Katie S. Mallory, M. Scott Johnson, Rashid Johnson, Joe Lewis, Glenn Ligon, James Little, Edward L. Loper, Sr., Alvin D. Loving, Kerry James Marshall, Eugene J. Martin, Richard Mayhew, Sam Middleton, Howard McCalebb, Charles McGill, Thaddeus Mosley, Sana Musasama, Senga Nengudi, Joe Overstreet, Martin Puryear, Adrian Piper, Howardena Pindell, Faith Ringgold, Gale Fulton Ross, Alison Saar, Betye Saar, John Solomon Sandridge, Raymond Saunders, John T. Scott, Joyce Scott, Gary Simmons, Lorna Simpson, Renee Stout, Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems, Stanley Whitney, William T. Williams, Fred Wilson, Richard Wyatt Jr., Richard Yarde, and Purvis Young, Kehinde Wiley, Mickalene Thomas, Barkley Hendricks, Jeff Sonhouse, William Walker, Ellsworth Ausby, Che Baraka, Emmett Wigglesworth, Otto Neals, Dinga McCannon, Terry Dixon (artist),and many others.
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See also
- African-American culture
- African-American literature
- African-American music
- Black Arts Movement
- Chicano art
- Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor
- The Highwaymen (landscape artists)
- James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art
- List of African-American visual artists
List of African-American visual artists
This list of African-American visual artists is a list that includes dates of birth and death of historically recognized African-American fine artists known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual in nature, including traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography, and printmaking, as well as more recent genres, including installation art, performance art, body art, conceptual art, video art, and digital art. The entries are in alphabetical order by surname.
Artists
A–B
- Terry Adkins (1953–2014), artistTemplate:R
- Mequitta Ahuja (born 1976), painter, installation artist
- Larry D. Alexander (born 1953), painter
- Laylah Ali (born 1968), painter
- Jules T. Allen (born 1947), photographer
- Tina Allen (1949–2008), sculptor
- Charles Alston (1907–1977), painterTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Amalia Amaki (born 1959), artist
- Emma Amos (born 1938), painterTemplate:R
- Benny Andrews (1930–2006), painterTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Edgar Arceneaux (born 1972), drawing artist
- Kyle Baker (born 1965), cartoonist
- Matt Baker (1921–1959), comic book artist
- James Presley Ball (1825–1904), photographer
- Alvin Baltrop (1948-2004), photographer
- Henry Bannarn (1910–1965), painterTemplate:R
- Edward Mitchell Bannister (1828–1901), painterTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Ernie Barnes (1938–2009), neo-Mannerist artistTemplate:R
- Richmond Barthé (1901–1989), sculptorTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988), painterTemplate:R
- C. M. Battey (1873–1927), photographer
- Romare Bearden (1911–1988), painterTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Arthello Beck (1941–2004), painter
- Arthur P. Bedou (1882–1966), photographer
- Darrin Bell (born 1975), cartoonist
- Mary A. Bell (1873–1941)
- Dawoud Bey (born 1953), photographerTemplate:R
- John T. Biggers (1924–2001), muralistTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Sanford Biggers (born 1970), interdisciplinary
- Gene Bilbrew (1923–1974), cartoonist and fetish artist
- McArthur Binion (born 1946), painter
- Robert Blackburn (1920–2003), printmakerTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Thomas Blackshear
- Betty Blayton (born 1937), painter, printmakerTemplate:R
- Chakaia Booker (born 1953), sculptorTemplate:R
- Edythe Boone (born 1938), muralist
- Charles Boyce (born 1949), cartoonist
- Tina Williams Brewer, fiber artist
- Michael Bramwell (born 1953), conceptual artist
- Mark Bradford (born 1961)
- Frank J. Brown (born 1956), sculptor
- Frederick J. Brown (1945–2012), painterTemplate:R
- Manuelita Brown, sculptor
- Robert Brown (c. 1936–2007), cartoonist
- Beverly Buchanan (born 1940), painter, sculptorTemplate:R
- Selma Burke (1900–1995), sculptorTemplate:R
- Calvin Burnett (1921–2007), book illustratorTemplate:R
- Pauline Powell Burns (1872–1912), painter
- John Bush (? - 1754), powder horn carver
- Robert Butler (1943–2014), painter
C–D
- Frank Calloway (born 1915)
- E. Simms Campbell (1906–1971), cartoonistTemplate:R
- Fred Carter (born 1938), cartoonist
- Bernie Casey (born 1939), painterTemplate:R
- Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012), sculptor and printmakerTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Nick Cave (born 1959), performance artist
- Michael Ray Charles (born 1967), painterTemplate:R
- Barbara Chase-Riboud (born 1936), sculptorTemplate:R
- Jamour Chames (born 1989), painter
- Claude Clark (1915–2001), painter and printmakerTemplate:R
- Edward Clark (born 1926), painter
- Sonya Clark (born 1967), textile and multimedia artist
- Willie Cole (born 1955), painterTemplate:R
- Robert Colescott (1925–2009), painterTemplate:R
- Kennard Copeland (born 1966), ceramic sculptures Template:R
- Eldzier Cortor (1916–2015), artist and printmakerTemplate:R
- Ernest Crichlow (1914–2005), social realist artistTemplate:R
- Allan Crite (1910–2007), painterTemplate:R Template:R
- Emilio Cruz (1938–2004), painterTemplate:R
- Frank E. Cummings III (born 1938), woodworker
- Michael Cummings (born 1945), textile artist
- Ulysses Davis (1913–1990), sculptorTemplate:R
- Bing Davis (born 1937), potter and graphic artistTemplate:R
- Roy DeCarava (1919–2009), photographerTemplate:R
- Beauford Delaney (1901–1979), painterTemplate:R
- Joseph Delaney (1904–1991)Template:R
- Louis Delsarte (born 1944), artistTemplate:R
- J Rodney Dennis painter
- Thornton Dial (1928–2016)Template:R
- Terry Dixon (born 1969), painter and multimedia artist
- Jeff Donaldson (born 1932), painter and critic
- Aaron Douglas (1899–1979), painterTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Emory Douglas (born 1943), Black Panther artist
- John E. Dowell Jr. (born 1941), printmaker, etcher, lithographer, and painter
- David C. Driskell (born 1931), artist and scholar
- Robert Scott Duncanson (1821–1872), Hudson River SchoolTemplate:RTemplate:R
E–H
- William Edmondson (1874–1951), folk art sculptorTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Mel Edwards (born 1937), sculptorTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Walter Ellison (1899–1977), painterTemplate:R
- Minnie Evans (1892–1987), folk artistTemplate:R Template:R
- Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (1877–1968), artistTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Ellen Gallagher (born 1965)Template:R
- Theaster Gates (born 1973), sculptor, ceramicist, and performance artist [
- Reginald K (Kevin) Gee (born 1964), painter
- Herbert Gentry (1919–2003), painter
- Wilda Gerideau-Squires (born 1946), photographer
- Robert A. Gilbert (c. 1870-1942), nature photographer
- Leah Gilliam (born 1967), media artist and filmmaker
- Sam Gilliam (born 1933), painterTemplate:R Template:R
- Russell T. Gordon (born 1936), printmakerTemplate:R
- Billy Graham (1935–1999), comic book artist
- Lonnie Graham, photographer and installation artist
- Deborah Grant (born 1968), painter
- Todd Gray (born 1954), photographer, installation and performance artist
- Leamon Green (born 1959)
- Renee Green (born 1959), installation artistTemplate:R
- Mario Gully, comic book artist
- Tyree Guyton (born 1955)Template:R
- Ed Hamilton (born 1947), sculptor
- Patrick Earl Hammie (born 1981), painter
- David Hammons (born 1943), artistTemplate:R
- Trenton Doyle Hancock (born 1974)Template:R
- Edwin Harleston (1882–1931), painter
- Elise Forrest Harleston (1891–1970), photographer
- Kira Lynn Harris (born 1963), multidisciplinary
- John Wesley Hardrick (1891–1948), painterTemplate:R Template:R
- Jerry Harris (born 1945), sculptor
- Lawrence Harris, painter
- Marren Hassenger (born 1947), sculptor, installation, performance
- Palmer Hayden (1893–1973), painterTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Barkley Hendricks (1945–2017), painter
- George Herriman (1880–1944), cartoonistTemplate:R
- Alvin Hollingsworth (1928–2000), illustrator, painter
- Joseph Holston (born 1944), painter, printmaker
- William Howard (active 19th century), American woodworker and craftsman
- Bryce Hudson (born 1979), painter, sculptorTemplate:R
- Julien Hudson (1811–1844), painter, sculptorTemplate:R
- David Huffman (born 1963), painter
- Richard Hunt (born 1935), sculptorTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Clementine Hunter (1886/7–1988), folk artistTemplate:RTemplate:R
J–O
- Steffani Jemison (born 1981), performance artist, video artist
- Wadsworth Jarrell (born 1929), painter, sculptor
- Annette P. Jimerson (born 1966), painter
- Joshua Johnson (c.1763–c.1824), portrait painter and folk artistTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Malvin Gray Johnson (1896–1934), painterTemplate:R
- Rashid Johnson (born 1977), conceptual artist
- Sargent Johnson (1888–1967), sculptorTemplate:R Template:R
- William H. Johnson (1902–1970)Template:RTemplate:R
- Calvin B. Jones (1934–2010), painter, muralist
- Jennie C. Jones (born 1968), multidisciplinary
- Lois Mailou Jones (1905–1998), painterTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Titus Kaphar (born 1976), painter
- Gwendolyn Knight (1914–2005), artistTemplate:R
- Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000), painterTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Deana Lawson (born 1979), photographer
- Hughie Lee-Smith (1915–1999), artistTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Edmonia Lewis (c. 1843–1879), artistTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Norman Lewis (1909–1979), painterTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Glenn Ligon (born 1960), painterTemplate:R
- Llanakila, artist, painter, digital illustrator, and digital artist
- Edward L. Loper, Sr. (1916–2011), painter
- Whitfield Lovell (born 1960), artist
- Gwendolyn Ann Magee (1943–2011), artist, quilter
- Clarence Major (born 1936), painter
- Kerry James Marshall (born 1955), painterTemplate:R
- Eugene J. Martin (1938–2005), painter
- Valerie Maynard (born 1937), sculptor, printmaker, painter
- Ealy Mays (born 1959), painter
- Howard McCalebb (born 1947), artist
- Corky McCoy, illustrator
- Charles McGill (born 1964), artist, educator
- Julie Mehretu (born 1970), painter, printmaker
- Nicole Miller (born 1982), video artist
- Dean Mitchell (born 1957), painter
- Scipio Moorhead (active 1770s), painterTemplate:R
- Archibald Motley (1891–1981), painterTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Gus Nall, painter
- Harold Newton (1934–1994), artist
- Lorraine O'Grady (born 1934), conceptual artist
- Turtel Onli (born 1952), cartoonist
- Jackie Ormes (1911–1985), cartoonist
- John Outterbridge (born 1933), assemblage artistTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Joe Overstreet (born 1933), artistTemplate:R
P–S
- Gordon Parks (1912–2006), photographer, directorTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Cecelia Pedescleaux (born 1945), quilter
- Delilah Pierce (1904–1992), artist
- Earle M. Pilgrim (1923–1976), artist
- Howardena Pindell (born 1943), painterTemplate:R
- Jerry Pinkney (born 1939), illustratorTemplate:R
- Adrian Piper (born 1948), conceptual artistTemplate:R
- Rose Piper (1917–2005), painter and textile designer
- Horace Pippin (1888–1946), painterTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Rae Pleasant (born 1985), illustrator
- P. H. Polk (1898–1984), photographer
- Carl Robert Pope (born 1961), photographerTemplate:R
- William Pope.L (born 1955) conceptual artist
- Harriet Powers (1837–1910), folk artistTemplate:R
- Martin Puryear (born 1941), sculptorTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Patrick H. Reason (1816–1898)
- Earle Wilton Richardson (1912–1935), artistTemplate:R
- Faith Ringgold (born 1930), painterTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Haywood Rivers (1922–2001), painter
- Arthur Rose Sr. (1921–1995), multidisciplinary
- Bayeté Ross Smith (born 1976), photographer
- Alison Saar (born 1956), artistTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Betye Saar (born 1926), artistTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Charles Sallee (1923–2006), painterTemplate:R
- Reginald Sanders (1921–2001), visual artist
- Raymond Saunders, painterTemplate:R
- Augusta Savage (1892–1962), sculptorTemplate:RTemplate:R
- John T. Scott (1940–2007), artist
- Joyce J. Scott (born 1948), sculptorTemplate:R
- Lorenzo Scott (born 1934), painter
- William Edouard Scott (1884–1964), painterTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Charles Sebree (1914–1985), painterTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Ed Sherman (born 1945), photographer
- Thomas Sills (1914–2000), painter
- Gary Simmons (born 1964), artist
- Lorna Simpson (born 1960), artistTemplate:R
- Merton Simpson (1928–2013), painter
- William Simpson (1818–1872), portrait painterTemplate:R
- Cauleen Smith (born 1967), filmmaker
- Leslie Smith III (born 1985), painter
- Vincent D. Smith (1929–2003), painter and printmaker
- Gilda Snowden (1954–2014)Template:R
- Mitchell Squire (born 1958), American installation artist, sculptor and performance artist
- Raymond Steth (1916–1997)Template:R
- Renee Stout (born 1958), artistTemplate:R
- Martine Syms (born 1988), artist
T–Z
- Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859–1937), artistTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Margaret Taylor-Burroughs (1915–2010)Template:RTemplate:R
- "Pannet" - Phyllis Anne Taylor (born 1947), Intentional Creativity Artist, Intuitive Painter, Portrait Artist,
- Alma Thomas (1891–1978), painterTemplate:R Template:R
- Mickalene Thomas (born 1971), painter and installation artist
- Bob Thompson (1937–1966), painterTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Mildred Thompson (1935–2003), abstract painter, printmaker and sculptor
- Dox Thrash (1892–1962), printmaker, sculptorTemplate:R Template:R
- Bill Traylor (1856–1949)Template:RTemplate:R
- Henry Taylor (born 1958) painter
- Morrie Turner (1923–2014), cartoonist
- James Van Der Zee (1886–1983), photographerTemplate:R Template:R
- Kara Walker (born 1969), artistTemplate:R Template:R
- William Walker (1927–2011), Chicago muralist
- Laura Wheeler Waring (1887–1948), painterTemplate:RTemplate:R
- E. M. Washington (born 1962), printmaker and counterfeiter
- James W. Washington, Jr. (1908–2000), painter and sculptorTemplate:R
- Carrie Mae Weems (born 1953), photographerTemplate:R
- Pheoris West
- Charles Wilbert White (1918–1979), muralistTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Jack Whitten (born 1939), painter
- Kehinde Wiley (born 1977), painter
- William T. Williams (born 1942), painterTemplate:R
- Deborah Willis (born 1948), photographer
- Ellis Wilson (1899–1977), painterTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Fred Wilson (born 1954), conceptual artist
- John Woodrow Wilson (1922–2015), sculptorTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Beulah Woodard (1895–1955), sculptor
- Hale Woodruff (1900–1980), painterTemplate:RTemplate:R
- Richard Wyatt, Jr., (born 1955), painter, muralist
- Richard Yarde (1939–2011), watercolorist
- Joseph Yoakum (1890–1972), self-taught landscape artist
- Purvis Young (1943–2010), artist
Artist groups
- The Highwaymen
- AfriCOBRA
- Where We At
- National Conference of Artists
See also
- Harlem Renaissance
- African-American art
- The Quilts of Gees Bend
- Black Arts Movement
- List of American artists before 1900
- List of American artists 1900 and after