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Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012) is a famous Black female artist with a knack for combining abstract and figurative styles, plus African and Mexican art traditions, to create sculptures and prints ...
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.
Robert Scott Duncanson, Landscape with Rainbow c. 1859, Hudson River School, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.. This list of African-American visual artists is a list that includes dates of birth and death of historically recognized African-American fine artists known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual in nature, including traditional media such as painting ...
Textile artists are part of African-American art history. According to the 2010 Quilting in America industry survey, there are 1.6 million quilters in the United States. [ 56 ] One historic non profit organization with several members who are quilters and fiber artists is Women of Visions, Inc. located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the ...
Sea Diallo (1958–2025) painter, plastic artist; Viyé Diba (born 1954) mixed-media artist, installation artist, performance artist; Omar Victor Diop (born 1980) photographer; Ndoye Douts (1973–2023), also known as Mohamadou Ndoye, painter
Odinigwe Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu // ⓘ MBE (14 July 1917 – 5 February 1994), better known as Ben Enwonwu, was a Nigerian painter and sculptor. [1] Arguably the most influential African artist of the 20th century, his pioneering career opened the way for the postcolonial proliferation and increased visibility of modern African art.
The rock-cut Church of Saint George, Lalibela (Biete Ghiogis) Ethiopian painting decepting Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam and his armies. Prehistoric rock art comparable to that of other African sites survives in a number of places, and until the arrival of Christianity stone stelae, often carved with simple reliefs, were erected as grave-markers and for other purposes in many regions; Tiya is one ...
Sue Williamson and Ashraf Jamal, Art in South Africa: the future present, Publisher David Philip (Cape Town), 1996. Frank Herreman and Mark D'Amato, Liberated voices: contemporary art from South Africa, The Museum for African Art, 1999. Emma Bedford and Sophie Perryer, 10 Years 100 Artists: Art In A Democratic South Africa, Struik, 2004.