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Aaron Douglas
Douglas was born in Topeka, Kansas, and studied art at the University of Nebraska. He later moved to Harlem, New York, and soon became a preeminent artist. Douglas did many paintings, woodcut prints, murals, and book and magazine illustrations, including the illustrations for James Weldon Johnson's "God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse," a book of poems and sermons.
William Henry Johnson
Johnson was born in Florence, South Carolina, but as a teenager, went to study at the National Academy of Design in New York. He painted in France from 1926 to 1930. When he returned to the USA, he opened a studio in Harlem. Johnson had his first solo art exhibition in New York in 1941. Johnson's vibrant paintings represent many subjects, ranging from scenes from everyday life to historical commemoratives of African-Americans, like Harriet Tubman, George Washington Carver, and Matthew Henson. Johnson's "Still Life -- Fruit, Bottles" was painted in 1938-1939.
Jacob Lawrence
Lawrence was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, but at 13 years old, moved to New York City, New York, where he studied art. He soon became successful, both artistically and commercially. Lawrence often painted scenes of ordinary life in vibrant colors and with a startling angularity. In 1946, Lawrence said of his philosophy of art, "My belief is that it is most important for an artist to develop an approach and philosophy about life - if he has developed this philosophy he does not put paint on canvas, he puts himself on canvas." Lawrence painted Dominoes in 1958.
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Guerrero painter who painted on black velvet?
Could be Daniel Guerrero.
What famous painter's last name ends with a?
Ignacio Zuloaga y Zabaleta is a famous painter whose last name ends with the letter "a." The artist in question (July 26, 1870 - October 31, 1945) is famous for painting such portraits as "Portrait of Anita Ramírez in Black" in 1916 and such religious paintings as "Christ of the Blood" in 1911. Despite his artistic achievements, he remains a controversial historical and political figure since he sanctioned the Falangist destruction of his own home town of Eibar, Guipuzcoa, South Basque Country, and sympathized with the Falangist destruction of Gernika ("Guernica"), Biscay, South Basque Country, on April 26, 1937.
Famous English painters?
James McNeill Whistler (1834 - 1903) was a prominent Victorian painter. One of his most famous works is the portrait of his mother, known as "Arrangement in Grey and Black: The Artist's Mother" or "Whistler's Mother". Also are you familiar with the work of a follower of the Pre-Raphelite movement Arthur Boyd Houghton?
What were the colours used by Jasper Johns in Flag?
Well Jasper Johns has more than one work titled "Flag" but his most famous is in the negative so that means the white is black, blue is orange and red is green.
Why do you think patrons commissioned artists?
After the Black Plague, many people got more money. They wanted to show their wealthiness by having their house decorated beautifully. They asked painters and sculptors to do this.
