By African-American artist Lois Mailou Jones (1905–1998), The March on Washington, 1963, watercolor on paper. #arthistory #blackartist #blackartists #womanartist #womenartists
From the National Museum for Women in the Arts: “President Jimmy Carter honored Jones for her outstanding achievements in the arts in 1980, and in the last ten years of her life both President Bill Clinton and French President Jacques Chirac met the artist and collected her work.”
Your art history post for today: by African-American artist Ellis Wilson (1899–1977), Funeral Procession, oil on Masonite, 30.75 x 29.5 in. (78.11 x 74.93 cm), Amistad Research Center. Made famous when it appeared in an episode of The Cosby Show. #arthistory #blackartist #blackartists More info in ALT.
I posted this elsewhere, but the format is too long for here. Figured I’d share it this way. I live in Texas, which just turned Blue. 🎈🎉🎊🥳🖖🏼 #propaganda #jfk
I’ll go into the white fundamentalist/evangelical/Southern Baptist response to desegregation/integration in maybe a week. I need to let the white fundamentalist/evangelical/SBC people who know me digest what I’ve written here. Probably hopeless, but a girl can dream.
Here is another of my own artworks. From 2011, when I worked mostly in charcoal and pastels. This may be the best drawing I’ve ever done: Portrait of Brittany, probably the most beautiful woman I have ever met. Sweet, kind. And a tough mixed martial arts competitor. When you look at the drawing, I want you to know that, yes, her ears are really that small. It was turned down from an exhibit for just that reason. “Ears out of proportion.” Reality surprises us sometimes. #art #pastel #charcoal