Robert S. Duncanson – BLACK ART IN AMERICA™

HBCUs: The First Patrons of African-American Art

baiadmin — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 11:50:13 +0000

HBCUs: The First Patrons of African-American Art

by Yvonne Bynoe

“The HBCUs have not been given the credit they are due. When nobody else was out there championing these [Black] artists, HBCUs were there, claiming them, showcasing them, putting them … Read the rest

A Look At The Work Of Painter Robert S. Duncanson

baiadmin — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 23:31:55 +0000

Robert Scott Duncanson was perhaps the most accomplished African-American painter in the United States from 1850 to 1860. He was born in Seneca County, New York, in 1821 to an African-American mother and Scottish-Canadian father, who sent his son to … Read the rest

Shaping Alternative Perspectives through Visual Art

baiadmin — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 15:15:16 +0000

Shaping Alternative Perspectives through Visual Art

Shantay Robinson

For centuries Africa has been identified as a dark continent without civilized culture. Colonialism was enforced throughout the continent in order to civilize the people who already had their own … Read the rest

Test your Art I.Q. #17: Who am I ?

baiadmin — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 17:57:29 +0000

I’m possibly the first African American artist to be internationally known. I used the support of abolitionist to gain work as a landscape painter in Cincinnati Ohio. I had no formal art education, but taught myself to paint by copying … Read the rest