• -2011-11-23-12:11+GMT-winter-jMu-UNDER CONSTRUCTIONS-
• projectleader: Lúcia Pilla

African-Americans in Arts

• EN: here you can add URL on the internet where we can find people who would be nice to find in geni too and to add to this project.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American_art
• ..
• PO or ES: Lucia, please do some translations, ok?

introduction-etc.

Hello Lucia, here you can write whatever you like to introduce your initiative. And ofcourse in any language you like to make other speakers & writers enthousiastic to co-ooperate and col-laborate to make this project a BIG succes.
Succes with your new idea!

• African American literature
• African American Music
• African American Culture

African-American visual artists

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African-American_visual_artists

alfabetical

—0— recently added to the project - not in the wikipedia-list:

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• ‧ ‧ •
• Gilberto Gil June 26, 1942 ‧ music •
• João da CRUZ e SOUZA ‧ 1861-1898 ‧ poetry ‧ •
• Manuel Tranquilino BASTOS ‧ 1850-1935 ‧ music ‧ •
• Antonio Carlos SANTOS de FREITAS ‧ 1962 ‧ music ‧ •
• Ferdinand Joseph LAMOTHE ‧ 1885-1941 ‧ music ‧ •

—A—

• Terry ADKINS ‧ 1953 ‧ artist ‧ •
• Larry D. ALEXANDER ‧ 1953 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Jules T. ALLEN ‧ 1947 ‧ photographer ‧ •
• Charles ALSTON ‧ 1907-1977 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Amalia AMAKI ‧ ‧ artist ‧ •
• Emma AMOS ‧ 1938 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Benny ANDREWS ‧ 1930-2006 ‧ painter ‧ •

—B—

• Kyle BAKER ‧ 1965 ‧ cartoonist ‧ •
• Matt BAKER ‧ 1921-1959 ‧ comic book artist ‧ •
• James Presley BALL ‧ 1825-1904 ‧ photographer ‧ •
• Henry BANNARN ‧ 1910-1965 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Edward Mitchell BANNISTER ‧ 1828-1901 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Ernie BARNES ‧ 1938-2009 ‧ neo-Mannerist artist ‧ •
• Richmond BARTHÉ ‧ 1901-1989 ‧ sculptor ‧ •
• Jean-Michel BASQUIAT ‧ 1960-1988 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Romare BEARDEN ‧ 1911-1988 ‧ painter ‧ ‧ •
• Arthello BECK ‧ 1941-2004 ‧ painter ‧ ‧ •
• Darrin BELL ‧ 1975 ‧ cartoonist ‧ •
• Mary A. BELL ‧ 1873-1941 ‧ ‧ •
• Dawoud BEY ‧ 1953 ‧ photographer ‧ •
• John T. BIGGERS ‧ 1924-2001 ‧ muralist ‧ •
• Gene BILBREW ‧ 1923-1974 ‧ cartoonist & fetish artist ‧ •
• Robert BLACKBURN ‧ 1920-2003 ‧ printmaker ‧ •
• Thomas BLACKSHEAR ‧ ‧ •
• Betty BLAYTON ‧ 1937 ‧ painter‧printmaker ‧ •
• Chakaia BOOKER ‧ 1953 ‧ sculptor ‧ •
• Mark BRADFORD ‧ 1961 ‧ ‧ •
• Peter Alexander BRADLEY ‧ 1940 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Frederick James BROWN ‧ 1945 ‧ •
• Manuelita BROWN ‧ ‧ sculptor ‧ •
• Robert BROWN ‧ c.1936-2007 ‧ cartoonist ‧ •
• Beverley BUCHANAN ‧ 1940 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Selma BURKE ‧ 1900-1995 ‧ sculptor ‧ •
• Calvin BURNETT ‧ 1921 ‧ book illustrator ‧ •
• Robert BUTLER ‧ 1943 ‧ painter ‧ •

—C—

• Frank CALLOWAY ‧ 1915 ‧ •
• E. Simms CAMPBELL ‧ 1906-1971 ‧ cartoonist ‧ •
• Fred CARTER ‧ 1938 ‧ cartoonist ‧ •
• Elizabeth CATLETT ‧ 1919 ‧ sculptor & printmaker ‧ •
• Bernie CASEY ‧ 1939 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Michael Ray CHARLES ‧ 1967 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Barbara CHASE-RIBOUD ‧ 1936 ‧ sculptor ‧ •
• Claude CLARK ‧ 1915-2001 ‧ painter & printmaker ‧ •
• Edward CLARK ‧ 1926 artist ‧ ‧ painter ‧ •
• Willie COLE ‧ 1955 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Robert COLESCOTT ‧ 1925-2009 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Alex CORBBREY ‧ 1944 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Eldzier CORTOR ‧ 1916 ‧ artist & printmaker ‧ •
• Ernest CRICHLOW ‧ 1914-2005 ‧ social realist artist ‧ •
• Allan CRITE ‧ 1910-2007 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Emilio CRUZ ‧ 1938-2004 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Michael CUMMINGS ‧ 1945 ‧ textile artist ‧ •

—D—

• Roy DeCARAVA ‧ 1919-2009 ‧ photographer ‧ •
• Bing DAVIS ‧ 1937 ‧ potter & graphic artist ‧ •
• Ulysses DAVID ‧ 1913-1990 ‧ sculptor ‧ •
• Beauford DELANEY ‧ 1901-1991 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Joseph DELANEY ‧ 1904-1991 ‧ •
• Louis DELSARTE ‧ 1944 ‧ • artist ‧ •
• Thornton DIAL ‧ 1928 ‧ •
• Jeff DONALDSON ‧ 1932 ‧ painter & critic ‧ •
• Aaron DOUGLAS ‧ 1899-1979 ‧ • painter ‧ •
• Emory DOUGLAS ‧ ‧ Black Panther artist ‧ •
• David C. DRISKELL ‧ 1931 ‧ artist & scholar ‧ •
• Robert Scott DUNCANSON ‧ 1821-1872 ‧ Hudson River School ‧ •

—E—

• William EDMONDSON ‧ died 1951 ‧ folk art sculptor ‧ •
• Walter ELLISON ‧ 1899-1977 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Mel EDWARDS ‧ 1937 ‧ sculptor ‧ •
• Minnie EVANS ‧ 1892-1987 ‧ folk artist ‧ •

—F—

• Derrick FLUDD ‧ 1963 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Meta Vaux Warrick FULLER ‧ 1877-1968 ‧ artist ‧ •

—G—

• Ellen GALLAGHER ‧ 1965 ‧ •
• Herbert GENTRY ‧ 1919-2003 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Wilda GERIDEAU-SQUIRES ‧ 1946 ‧ • photographer ‧ •
• Leah GILLIAM ‧ 1967 ‧ media artist & filmmaker ‧ •
• Sam GILLIAM ‧ 1933 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Graham GODDARD ‧ 1982 ‧ conceptual artist ‧ •
• Richard T. GORDON ‧ 1936 ‧ printmaker ‧ •
• Billy GRAHAM ‧ 1935-1999 ‧ comic book artist ‧ •
• Lonnie GRAHAM ‧ ‧ photographer & installation artist ‧ •
• Leamon GREEN ‧ 1959 ‧ •
• Renee GREEN ‧ 1959 ‧ installation artist ‧ •
• Mario GULLY ‧ ‧ comic book artist ‧ •
• Tyree GUYTON ‧ 1955 ‧ •

—H—

• Patrick Earl HAMMIE ‧ 1981 ‧ painter ‧ •
• David HAMMONS ‧ 1943 ‧ artist ‧ •
• Trenton Doyle HANCOCK ‧ 1974 ‧ •
• John Wesley HARDRICK ‧ 1891-1948 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Jerry HARRIS ‧ ‧ sculptor ‧ •
• Lawrence HARRIS ‧ painter ‧ •
• Palmer HAYDEN ‧ 1893-1973 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Barkley HENDRICKS ‧ painter ‧ •
• George HERRIMAN ‧ 1880-1944 ‧ cartoonist ‧ •
• Richard HUNT ‧ 1935 ‧ sculptor ‧ •
• Clementine HUNTER ‧ c.1886-1988 ‧ folk artist ‧ •
• Bill HUTSON ‧ 1936 ‧ painter ‧ •

—I— —J— 

• Otto Reinhold JACOBI ‧ 1812–1901 ‧ •
• Wadsworth JARRELL ‧ 1929 ‧ painter, sculptor ‧ •
• Joshua JOHNSON ‧ portrait painter & folk artist ‧ •
• Malvin Gray JOHNSON ‧ 1896-1934 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Rashid JOHNSON ‧ conceptual artist ‧ •
• Sargent JOHNSON ‧ 1888-1967 ‧ sculptor ‧ •
• William H. JOHNSON ‧ 1902-1970 ‧ •
• Ben JONES ‧ 1941 ‧ installation artist ‧ •
• Lois Mailou JONES ‧ 1905-1998 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Luther JONES ‧ 1944 ‧ sculptor ‧ •

—K—

• Gwendolyn KNIGHT ‧ 1914-2005 ‧ artist ‧ •

—L—

• Jacob LAWRENCE ‧ 1917-2000 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Hughie LEE-SMITH ‧ 1915-1999 ‧ artist ‧ •
• Edmonia LEWIS ‧ c.1843-1879 ‧ artist ‧ •
• Norman LEWIS ‧ 1909-1979 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Glenn LIGON ‧ 1960 ‧ painter ‧

—M—

• Clarence MAJOR ‧ 1936 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Kerry James MARSHALL ‧ 1955 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Eugene J. MARTIN ‧ 1938-2005 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Howard McCALEBB ‧ ‧ artist ‧ •
• Charles McGILL ‧ ‧ artist ‧ painting & drawing professor ‧ •
• Sam MIDDLETON ‧ 1927 ‧ artist ‧ •
• Sharon Lee MINOR ‧ 1949 ‧ visual/performance artist ‧ •
• Dean MITCHELL ‧ 1957 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Scipio MOORHEAD ‧ ‧ active 1770s ‧ painter ‧ •
• Archibald MOTLEY ‧ 1891-1981 ‧ painter ‧ •

—N—

• Harold NEWTON ‧ 1934-1994 ‧ artist ‧ •

—O—

• Lorraine O'GRADY ‧ 1934 ‧ conceptual artist ‧ •
• John OUTTERBRIDGE ‧ 1933 ‧ assemblage artist ‧ •
• Joe OVERSTREET ‧ 1933 ‧ artist ‧ •

—P— —Q—

• Gordon PARKS ‧ 1912-2006 ‧ photographer, director ‧ •
• Howardena PINDELL ‧ 1943 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Jerry PINKNEY ‧ 1939 ‧ illustrator ‧ •
• Adrian PIPER ‧ 1948 ‧ conceptual artist ‧ •
• Rose PIPER ‧ 1917 ‧ •
• Horace PIPPIN ‧ 1888-1946 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Carl Robert POPE ‧ 1961 ‧ photographer ‧ •
• Harriet POWERS ‧ 1837-1910 ‧ Folk artist ‧ •
• Martin PURYEAR ‧ 1941 ‧ sculptor ‧ •

—R—

• Patrick H. REASON ‧ 1816-1898 ‧ •
• Earle Wilton RICHARDSON ‧ ‧ artist ‧ •
• Faith RINGGOLD ‧ 1930 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Sandra ROWE ‧ ‧ painter ‧ •

—S—

• Alison SAAR ‧ 1956 ‧ artist ‧ •
• Betye SAAR ‧ 1926 ‧ artist ‧ •
• Lezley SAAR ‧ 1953 ‧ assemblage artist ‧ •
• Charles SALLEE ‧ 1923-2006 ‧ • painter ‧ •
• Charles SEBREE ‧ 1914-1985 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Raymond SAUNDERS ‧ ‧ painter ‧ •
• Augusta SAVAGE ‧ 1892-1962 ‧ sculptor ‧ •
• John T. SCOTT ‧ 1940-2007 ‧ artist ‧ •
• Joyce J. SCOTT ‧ 1948 ‧ sculptor ‧ •
• William Edouard SCOTT ‧ 1884-1964 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Thomas SILLS ‧ 1914-2000 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Gary SIMMONS ‧ 1964 ‧ artist ‧ •
• Lorna SIMPSON ‧ 1960 ‧ artist ‧ •
• Merton SIMPSON ‧ 1928 ‧ painter ‧ •
• William SIMPSON ‧ 1818-1872 ‧ portrait painter ‧ •
• Gilda SNOWDEN ‧ 1954 ‧ •
• Raymond STETH ‧ 1916-1997 ‧ •
• Renee STOUT ‧ 1958 ‧ artist ‧ •

—T—

• Henry Ossawa TANNER ‧ 1859-1937 ‧ artist ‧ •
• Margaret Taylor-BURROUGHS ‧ 1917 ‧ •
• Alma THOMAS ‧ 1891-1978 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Bob THOMPSON ‧ 1937-1966 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Mildred THOMPSON ‧ USA ‧ 1935-2003 ‧ abstract painter ‧ printmaker ‧ sculptor ‧ •
• Dox THRASH ‧ 1892-1962 ‧ sculptor ‧ •
• Bill TRAYLOR ‧ 1856-1949 ‧ •

—U—

—V—

• James van der ZEE ‧ 1886-1983 ‧ photographer ‧ •

—W—

• Kara WALKER ‧ 1969 ‧ artist ‧ •
• William WALKER ‧ 1927 ‧ Chicago muralist ‧ •
• Laura Wheeler WARING ‧ 1887-1948 ‧ painter ‧ •
• E. M. WASHINGTON ‧ 1962 ‧ printmaker & counterfeiter ‧ •
• James W. WASHINGTON jr. ‧ 1908-2000 ‧ painter ‧ sculptor ‧ •
• Carrie Mae WEEMS ‧ 1953 ‧ photographer ‧ •
• Pheoris WEST ‧ ‧ •
• Charles Wilbert WHITE ‧ 1918-1979 ‧ muralist ‧ •
• Jack WHITTEN ‧ 1939 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Kehinde WILEY ‧ 1977 ‧ painter ‧ •
• William T. WILLIAMS ‧ 1942 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Deborah WILLIS ‧ 1948 ‧ photographer ‧ •
• Ellis WILSON ‧ 1899-1977 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Fred WILSON ‧ 1954 ‧ conceptual artist ‧ •
• John WILSON ‧ 1922 ‧ sculptor ‧ •
• Frank WIMBERLEY ‧ 1926 ‧ painter ‧ •
• Hale WOODRUFF ‧ 1900-1980 ‧ painter ‧ •

—X—

—Y—

• —Z—
• Joseph YOAKUM ‧ 1890-1972 ‧ self-taught landscape artist ‧ •
• Purvis YOUNG ‧ 1943-2010 ‧ • artist ‧ •

demografical

sculptor-painter-etc.

whatever way you like to sort them out....