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  2. African art - Wikipedia

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    African art describes modern and historical paintings, sculptures, installations, and other visual cultures from native or indigenous Africans and the African continent.The definition may also include the art of the African diasporas, such as art in African-American, Caribbean or South American societies inspired by African traditions.

  3. Black Abstractionism - Wikipedia

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    Black Abstractionism is a term that refers to a modern arts movement that celebrates Black artists of African-American and African ancestry, whether as direct descendants of Africa or of a combined mixed-race heritage, who create work that is not representational, presenting the viewer with abstract expression, imagery, and ideas. Black ...

  4. Gerard Sekoto - Wikipedia

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    Gerard Sekoto OIG [1] (9 December 1913 – 20 March 1993), was a South African artist and musician. He is recognised as a pioneer of urban black art and social realism. His work was exhibited in Paris, Stockholm, Venice, Washington, and Senegal, as well as in South Africa.

  5. African-American art - Wikipedia

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    Important cities with significant black populations and important African-American art circles included Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. The WPA led to a new wave of important black art professors. Mixed media, abstract art, cubism, and social realism became not only acceptable, but desirable.

  6. Picasso's African Period - Wikipedia

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    Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.The two figures on the right are the beginnings of Picasso's African period.. Picasso's African Period, which lasted from 1906 to 1909, was the period when Pablo Picasso painted in a style which was strongly influenced by African sculpture, particularly traditional African masks and art of ancient Egypt, in addition to non-African influences including Iberian ...

  7. Charles W. White - Wikipedia

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    Charles Wilbert White, Jr. (April 2, 1918 – October 3, 1979) was an American artist known for his chronicling of African American related subjects in paintings, drawings, lithographs, and murals. White's lifelong commitment to chronicling the triumphs and struggles of his community in representational form cemented him as one of the most well ...

  8. Norman Lewis (artist) - Wikipedia

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    Norman Lewis was the only African-American artist among the first generation of abstract expressionists, but his work was overlooked by both White and African-American art dealers and gallery owners. [10] In his last 20 years, Lewis created and developed his very own unique blending of abstraction and figuration.

  9. Afrocubanismo - Wikipedia

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    Afrocubanismo was an artistic and social movement in black-themed Cuban culture with origins in the 1920s, as in works by the cultural anthropologist Fernando Ortiz.The Afrocubanismo movement focused on establishing the legitimacy of black identity in Cuban society, culture, and art.

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