A central figure of the Harlem Renaissance was Augusta Savage (1892-1962), an African American sculptor. "The Harp" was inspired by "Lift Every Voice and Sing" but was later destroyed after its ...

James Van Der Zee was an African-American photographer known for his distinctive portraits from the Harlem Renaissance. The artist used photography as a means not only to celebrate black culture but ...

The Studio Museum of Harlem in New York City ... little-known chapter in the history of American art. Entitled "Explorations in the City of Light: African-American Artists in Paris, 1945-65 ...

Smithsonian American Art Museum / Gift of the Harmon Foundation ... as Johnson heeded Harlem Renaissance leader Alain Locke’s call to “do something on your own people.” ...

The first African American to earn a Ph.D. at ... that is considered the manifesto of the Harlem Renaissance, writing: “The younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual ...

As both the nation’s oldest African ... from the Harlem Renaissance and beyond, fortifying its role as a guardian of Black creativity. It also boasts the Countee and Ida Cullen Art Collection ...