Vintage African American Paintings

African American artist Alvin Hollingsworth part of the famous Spiral Group , created an inventive and intriguing close-up portrait with figures in the distance. Found objects suc...

Ayers holds the distinction of having participated in the first important survey of African-Americans, Contemporary Black Artists in America, a 1971 show at The Whitney.

Trees in the Field Mixed meia on masonite panel, 1967 Signed on the right edge oif the image (see photo) One from a series of similar examples, all with caligraphic trees and figures...

Frank Allen 70s painting of African-American man dressed in a white robe and top hat.

Charles Elmer Harris (Beni E. Kosh), Untitled (African Idol), watercolor, c. 1950s. Estate stamped verso, 'Beni E Kosh COLLECTION' and numbered '570' in ink. A fine, spontaneous wat...

African American Artist Alvin Hollingsworth creates a mixed-media abstract painting/collage that abounds with inventiveness and creativity.

There is not a lot of biographical information on him, but he did move to New York at some point and also did illustrations for African-American greeting cards. He seems to be heavil...

Beni E. Kosh/Charles Elmer Harris (American, 1917-1993) Untitled Oil on canvas board Estate stamped #611 verso 24 x 18 inches Charles Elmer Harris was born in 1917 in Cleveland, Oh...

Approximately one hundred and fifty works of art were included in the show, representing the best works of more than seventy-five contemporary African American artists. This show inc...

Cheryl Warrick (American, b. 1956), "By Ones By Twos" Acrylic mixed media on canvas, 1999, Hand signed in pencil, titled and dated verso, gallery label verso Unframed, 60"h x 50"w ...

All of those works were of black people, possibly suggesting the artist was African American as well. This painting is housed in a wood frame that appears to have been painted by t...

Charles Elmer Harris (Beni E. Kosh), Untitled (Central Railroad), watercolor, c. 1945. Estate stamped verso, 'Beni E Kosh COLLECTION' and numbered '697' in ink. A fine, modernist re...

Signed in the lower-left corner by Listed African-American Artist Charles Bohannah (1910-1985).

Johnny Banks (1912-1988) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 11.25 x 20 Frame Size: 17 x 28 Medium: Pen, Pencil, Crayon, Marker "The First Time on Telephone" Biography J...

This is a Post-Post-Impressionist, Post-Expressionist, Post- Fauve depiction of a West African landscape by an African American artist. It is characterized by flat pattens of bold co...

Clearly, Smith has developed his own personal style, combining an African American persona with an African subject matter.

Josef Presser (1907-1967) Pair of African American Portraits 9 x 7” each, Gouache on paper (One signed) circa 1945 Frame size: 14 3/4 wide x 16 1/2 tall Price: $950 Description of ...

It is a meaningful addition for collectors interested in African American culture, Southern history, or American illustration art.

It has "Maltby Sykes, 1911- for Leon" written on the stretcher verso It is a Surrealist Folk Art figure of an African woman oil painting on canvas Attributed to Maltby Sykes (1911-1...

REFERENCE: The Hewitt Collection of African-American Art Educators Guide Education M.A.

Mid-century figure study of an African American man by American Impressionist artist Genevieve Rogers.

An appealing example of Black Joe Jackson's narrative painting, this original artwork is particularly suited to collectors of African American art, Southern folk art, outsider art, s...

Emilcar Simil (Similcar) is known for Acrylic painting in high colors of black skinned female figures.

A brilliant and lively depiction of a crowded cafe scene in 1945, this painting by Adalie Margules Brent depicts a slice of Black America at the end of World War II, probably in New ...

Most of the artists in this movement were African American. Their work is characterized by quick strokes and eschews traditional methods of paintings.

"Primitive art" is another term often applied to art by those without formal training, but is historically more often applied to work from certain cultures that have been judged soci...

"Primitive art" is another term often applied to art by those without formal training, but is historically more often applied to work from certain cultures that have been judged soci...

Acrylic and metallic paint on board Signed lower right BIOGRAPHY: Alvin Hollingsworth, African American Artist. comic-strip illustrator and painter was born in New York City and beg...

During this time period,Charleston Wilson also painted fine art to be sold. African-American artist Joseph Delaney created a 1952 oil painting depicting Charleston Wilson at work.

Charles Elmer Harris/Beni E. Kosh (American, 1917-1993) Geometric Abstraction, 1969 Oil on masonite Signed and dated lower right 15 x 24 inches 17 x 25.5 inches, framed Could benefi...

The painting a is well executed, intimate figurative work by the artist, depicting a distinguished looking African American male model seated in colorful studio interior during a fig...

An exceptional, early work by important Connecticut-based artist Clifford Mitchell, Jr. (1925-2005). This fantastic abstract expressionist composition was inspired by the devastatin...

Robert Blackburn, Untitled (Reclining Nude), brush and ink, c. 1948, unsigned. A fine, spontaneous work, on cream wove paper. Slight toning to the sheet edges; otherwise in excellen...

Young's work, often a blend of collage and painting, utilizes found objects and the experience of African Americans in the south.

E. Simms Campbel was the first major African American Illustrator. He did covers for Esquire Magazine starting in the 1930s. He created the famous bulging-eyed Esquire Mascot “Esky.”...

He grew up in the center of flowering African-American culture called the "Harlem Renaissance.

E. Simms Campbell was the first and top black commercial artist in the USA for decades. In "Grandma," we see a deeply conceptual work, with the blank canvas as the main point of the...

Emilio Cruz paints in an expressive style inspired by imagined events and the history of Africa and the New World. Paintings by African Americans from the collection of the National ...

Santa has a quickie with Mom. Elmer Simms Campbell was the first African American Illustrator to work for major newsstand magazines. Published December, 1963 Signed in pencil lower...

Coreen Mary Spellman (1905 - 1978) Dallas Artist Image Size: 20 x 14 Frame Size: 25 x 19 Medium: Oil Bio: Exhibited in the Ninth Annual Student Art show at the State Universi...

Leon Collins Born Galveston Texas Artist Image Size: 28 x 21.75 Medium: Oil "Mama's Shock" Leon Collins Birthdate Unknown Galveston / Navasota Texas Artist Image Size: 36 x 24 ...

This Portrait of an African Man by an African American artist exhibits penetrating psychological insight and is executed in vibrant colors with quick gestural post-expressionist brus...

Signed on palette, lower right, 'John Diallo Jones' (American, 20th century) and dated 1992. A dramatic figural oil showing the artist flanked by two whispering skeletons, one of wh...

He is particularly known to collectors for his intricate collage works which, like those of Betye Saar, explore somber themes of the African American experience through the juxtaposi...

He then entered the University of Louisville to study visual art in his forties. He was the first African American to receive a Hite Art Scholarship and its first African-American fi...

Young’s work, often a blend of collage and painting, utilizes found objects and the experience of African Americans in the south.

He then entered the University of Louisville to study visual art in his forties. He was the first African American to receive a Hite Art Scholarship and its first African-American fi...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract African American Male Figure Study) Year: 1963 Medium: Ink on heavy archival paper Size: 16.75 x 14 inches Condition: Good Pr...

Born in New Jersey but raised in Boston from infancy, Crite devoted his career to recording the city’s African American neighborhoods. The present work belongs to the formative perio...

The Black Panther Trials - In this historically significant work, African American Artist Vicent D. Smith functions as an Art Journalist/ Court Reporter as much as a Artist. Here,...

For those who remember the late 1960s, viewing this painting is as much a work of art as it is a historical document of a transitional moment in American History. At the time, a Bla...

This wonderful drawing by one of the country's most prodigious African American artists is ready to grace your wall.

A Large, Striking, Post-War Studio Figure Study of a Seated African-American Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990).

A Large, Striking, Post-War Studio Figure Study of a Seated African-American Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990).

A Large, Striking, Post-War Studio Figure Study of a Seated African-American Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990).

Complex and detailed epic scale history painting of an African tribal celebration with an on-looking king. The work has an abundant amount of detail from the style and character of t...

African American Artist Vincent D Smith makes a statement about racial justice. In this work from 1972, he depicts three African American prisoners with their faces pushed up agains...

Ruth Mae McCrane taught art for 33 years while painting in her spare time. Upon her retirement, she devoted the remainder of her life to her own work, chronicling in vivid colors var...

The present work is a complex, detailed, epic-scale history painting of an African tribal celebration with an onlooking king. The work has an abundance of detail, from the style and ...

Throughout his career, Bearden sought to explore themes of spirituality, political activism, the African American experience, and humanity, themes that are present throughout his work.