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"Angelica Peale Robinson," Moses Williams, 1802-05.

Williams (c. 1770 - c. 1830) was a formerly enslaved Black silhouette artist active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Williams' parents were acquired by artist Charles Willson Peale, who later freed them, and Moses was raised along with Peale's children in his very artistic household. Some reports claim Williams was mixed-race and could pass, leaving unanswered questions about his parents.

Williams grew up to be a successful silhouette artist, and became one of few Black men in Philadelphia to own property when he bought his own house He married a former Peale servant and fathered four children, but further details of his family are unknown.

I love silhouettes, and the detail work on this is exquisite when your realize this is black paper cut with scissors and perhaps with detail cut with a knife.

Happy Portrait Monday!

From the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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"Portrait of the Artist's Mother," Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1897.

Tanner (1859-1937) was the first Black American artist to win international fame and acclaim, & they were well-deserved.

The son of an AME bishop, Tanner was born & raised in Pittsburgh. He received artistic education at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where he was trained by Thomas Eakins, & worked with Robert Henri, a founder of the Ashcan School of painting, as well as others, who all remained his lifelong friends.

Finding racism and prejudice at home in the US, Tanner moved to Europe where he found acceptance, & where he lived the rest of his life, except for a few visits home.

Sarah Elizabeth Tanner (1840-1914) was born in Winchester, VA, but details of her early life are unclear; she may have been born to free people, or born into slavery and escaped via the Underground Railroad. She did become a respected missionary and religious worker, and raised seven children who all became successes in one way or another.

The portrait seems a riff on Whistler's famous painting of his mother, but here Tanner presents a warmer tone, although to me she looks sad.

Happy Portrait Monday, and Happy Black History Month!

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Edward Leroy Loper Sr. (April 7, 1916 – October 11, 2011) was an African American artist and teacher. He taught painting for almost 70 years.

Artist beginnings
In 1936, during the Great Depression, Loper started working in Delaware for the Works Progress Administration (WPA),

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