Tag: Norman Lewis

• Artist a Day Challenge 2016-22: Norman Lewis

  Norman Lewis was one of the first pioneers of Abstract Expressionism, but his legacy as an artist among his AbEx contemporaries is relatively unknown. His work was an incredible blend of figurative and abstract painting and I am glad to see that it has finally found its way into institutional programming. “Procession:  The Art of Norman Lewis” is…

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  February 22, 2016

  Art, Art/Culture, black history, Uncategorized

  abstract expressionism, Black History Month, Harlem Renaissance, Norman Lewis, painting

• Artist a Day Challenge 2016-20-21: Kadir Nelson & His Tribute to the Schomburg Center

  The latest cover of the New Yorker features the work of artist/illustrator Kadir Nelson who pays homage to the artists, writers, performers and intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance.  This piece also celebrates the Schomburg Research Center in Harlem. The Schomburg is a branch of the New York Public Library that is dedicated to the documentation, preservation…

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  February 21, 2016

  Art, Art/Culture, black history, illustration, journalism, new york, Uncategorized

  Aaron Douglas, Archibald Motley, Billie Holiday, Black History Month, Duke Ellington, elizabeth catlett, Harlem, james baldwin, Kadir Nelson, Langston Hughes, Malcolm X, Norman Lewis, Schomburg Center, the New Yorker, William H Johnson, Zora Neale Hurston