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African-American Artists, 1929-1945: Prints, Drawings, and Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)

African-American Artists, 1929-1945: Prints, Drawings, and Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)
By Lisa Gail Collins, Lisa Mintz Messinger

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This book focuses on the work of African American artists during the Depression and the war years (1929-1945), when government-sponsored programs such as the WPA led to a general resurgence in artistic production throughout the United States.

The catalogue features the work of Robert Blackburn, Raymond Steth, Horace Woodroff, and Dox Trash, among others, with a smaller selection of paintings and watercolors by such notable artists as Horace Pippin, Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, and Bill Traylor. Included are essays on the work in its cultural context and on printmaking techniques. Most of the works in this volume are recent acquisitions of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and have not been previously published.


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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #864632 in Books
  • Published on: 2003-02-08
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 92 pages

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From the Inside Flap
This book is the catalogue for an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from January 14 to May 3, 2003.

About the Author
Lisa Mintz Messinger is associate curator in the Department of Modern Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Lisa Gail Collins is assistant professor of art history at Vassar College.