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Bob Thompson (American, 1937-1966), The Recreation of Cephalus and Procris, 1965. Oil on canvas, 18 1⁄8 x 24 1⁄8 in.

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Daily Painting

Delilah Pierce DC WATERFRONT, MAINE AVENUE (1957)

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Toyin Ojih Odutola (Nigerian/American, 1985) - Nwanyeruwa (Aba Women's Rebellion) (2023-2024)

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Romare Bearden (American, 1911-1988), The Sea Nymph, 1977. Collage of various papers with paint and graphite on fiberboard

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Afro Lunar Lovers I, Chris Ofili, 2003

Screenprint on paper 49 x 31.8 cm (19 ¼ x 12 ½ in.)

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Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000), Kibitzers, 1948. Egg tempera on masonite

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Loïs Mailou Jones, Ode to Kinshasa, 1972; Mixed media on canvas, 48 x 36 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of the artist

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Bill Traylor, Female Drinker, probably 1940s poster paint, pencil on cardboard 11 1/2x8 3/8"

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Wadsworth Jarrell (American, 1929), The Jocks #2, 1981. Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 68 in.

"The Jocks #2" is an expressive group portrait of five African American Kentucky Derby winning jockeys. Left to right: James "Soup" Perkins, Alonzo Clayton, Isaac Murphy, Jimmy Winkfield and William Walker. Isaac Murphy, who was the first jockey to win three consecutive Kentucky Derbys and who won more races than any other jockey, is placed center with a glowing crown around his head.

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Alma Thomas (American, 1891-1978), Tulips in Spring Sunshine, 1969. Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 26 in.

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My book is getting a paperback version on May 27th! It can be preordered now: https://www.routledge.com/Charting-the-Afrofuturist-Imaginary-in-African-American-Art-The-Black-Female/Hamilton/p/book/9780367689063

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James Baldwin and Beauford Delaney in Paris, ca. 1960 [Grey Art Museum, New York University, New York, NY. © Estate of Beauford Delaney, via Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY]

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Lois Mailou Jones, Suriname, 1982, from awarewomenartists.com

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Bill Traylor (American, c.1853-1949), Black Bear, c.1939-42. Poster paint and graphite on cardboard, 11 1/4 x 15 3/8 in.

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Emory Douglas worked as the Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party from 1967 until the Party disbanded in the 1980s. His graphic art was featured in most issues of the newspaper The Black Panther (which had a peak circulation of 139,000 per week in 1970)[1] and has become an iconic representation of the struggles of the Party during the 1960s and 70s. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Douglas “branded the militant-chic Panther image decades before the concept became commonplace. He used the newspaper’s popularity to incite the disenfranchised to action, portraying the poor with genuine empathy, not as victims but as outraged, unapologetic and ready for a fight.”[2]

As a teenager, Douglas was incarcerated at the Youth Training School in Ontario, California; during his time there he worked in the prison’s printing shop. He later studied commercial art at San Francisco City College.

Also see:

– Emory Douglas

–  Video: Emory Douglas and the art of the Black Panther Party

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"Girl in pink dress" by Laura Wheeler Waring 1927

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Louis Delsarte (American, 1944-2020), Josephine Baker, 2003. Monoprint with extensive hand-coloring with pastel and oil stick, 20 x 16 in.