Artist: Aaron Douglas,
Aspects of the Negro Life Series
Medium: Mural at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, NYC, NY (formerly New York Public Library’s 135th Street branch)
Date: c. 1934
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An Idyll of the Deep South
Artist: Aaron Douglas,
Aspects of the Negro Life Series
Medium: Mural at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, NYC, NY (formerly New York Public Library’s 135th Street branch)
Date: c. 1934
Apparition of Face and Fruit Dish on Beach
Artist: Salvador Dalí
Medium: oil on canvas
Date: c. 1938
Mulheres Facetadas
Artist: Emiliano Di Cavalcanti
Medium: oil on canvas
Date: c. 1968
The Wedding
Artist: Jacob Lawrence
Medium: egg tempera on hardboard
Date: c. 1948
Jacob Lawrence once wrote, “For me, the most important function of art is observation.” In The Wedding, Lawrence simultaneously depicts the solemnity and the joy of the marriage ceremony. Although the preacher’s face is only partially defined, he appears to look down with great seriousness at the couple as they contemplate their vows. The large, colorful urns overflowing with brilliant flowers signify the happiness of the scene and may also represent the future prosperity of this union.
Mulher com Gato
Artist: Emiliano Di Cavalcanti
Medium: oil on canvas
Date: c. 1953
Harriet Tubman Mural
Artist: Aaron Douglas
Medium: Mural at Bennett College for Women, Greensboro, North Carolina
Date: c. 1931
Among Douglas’s most important works are large‐scale murals. Using a modernist language of geometric and abstract forms, he depicted slavery, emancipation, the power of education, and the contributions of African Americans to American culture and the nation’s economy. Allegorical and epic, the narratives draw on Egyptian wall painting and Ivory Coast sculpture as well as modern architecture, jazz, and dance. Continue reading Harriet Tubman Mural
Jeune Fille Devant un Miroir
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Medium: oil on canvas
Date: c. 1932
Persistence of Memory
Artist: Salvador Dalí
Medium: oil on canvas
Date: c. 1931
Promenade
Artist: Norman Lewis
Medium: oil on canvas
Date: c. 1961
Camden Civil Rights Project 