We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s–1970s was an art exhibition held at the Woodmere Art Museum from September 26, 2015 through January 24, 2016.[1][2] It included artists from Philadelphia who were active from the 1920s through the 1970s. Many of those artists were involved with the Pyramid Club and other local organizations.[3] The exhibit included paintings, photographs, prints, drawings and sculpture[4] from the New Negro movement of the 1920s, the Works Progress Administration print works of the 1930s and the Civil rights era.[5]
Artists
editThe following artists were included in the show:[6]
- James Atkins
- Roland Ayers
- James Brantley
- Benjamin Britt
- Moe Brooker
- Samuel J. Brown
- Barbara Bullock
- Selma Burke
- Donald Eugene Camp
- Barbara Chase-Riboud
- Laura Williams Chassot (b. 1942)
- Claude C.F. Clark
- Louise Clement–Hoff
- Reba Dickerson-Hill
- Aaron Douglas
- John E. Dowell Jr.
- James Dupree
- Allan L. Edmunds
- Walter Edmonds
- Allan R. Freelon, Sr.
- Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
- Reginald Gammon
- John T. Harris
- Barkley L. Hendricks
- Humbert L. Howard
- Edward Ellis Hughes
- Charles Jay, (b. 1947)
- LeRoy Johnson
- Martina Johnson-Allen
- Edward Jones (b. 1942)
- Ida Jones
- Paul F. Keene Jr.
- Columbus Knox
- Edward L. Loper Sr.
- John W. Mosley
- Jerry Pinkney
- Horace Pippin
- Charles Aaron Pridgen
- Raymond Saunders
- Charles Searles
- Twins Seven Seven
- Louis Sloan
- Raymond Steth
- Henry Ossawa Tanner
- Dox Thrash
- Ellen Powell Tiberino
- Laura Wheeler Waring
- Howard Watson
- Richard J. Watson
- Deborah Willis
References
edit- ^ Hine, Thomas. "Art: Black Philadelphia artists, visible at last". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "Fifty Years of African American Art Explored At Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia". New York Trend Online. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "Philadelphia Story". International Review of African American Art. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ McKay, RJ (26 December 2015). "Woodmere Art Museum Showing 'We Speak: Black Artists In Philadelphia, 1920s-1970s'". CBS Philadelphia. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ Valentine, Victoria L. (15 October 2015). "Fall Exhibitions: 42 Must-See Museum Shows Featuring Black Artists". Culture Type. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s–1970s". Woodmere Art Museum. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
External links
edit- We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s–1970s includes video interviews of the artists
- We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s–1970s catalogue online ISBN 9781888008005