As an African American artist, Tanner was certainly ... Once you are done with our list, you can dig out other famous Black ...

depicting famous African Americans across history. He saw art as a vehicle for social activism, once remarking: “Art must be an integral part of the struggle. It can’t simply mirror what’s taking ...

Clementine Hunter was a self-taught African American artist known for her painted depictions ... Hunter is often compared to another famous self-taught artist, Grandma Moses, and is considered one of ...

Famous Nigerian singer, Divine Ikubor, aka Rema, has made history as the first African artist to win ... Rema joins American and British artists on the list of the few international musicians ...

Yet, like many wives of famous artists, she was integral to his success ... the first published African-American female poet. She also wrote an award-winning historical novel about African ...

History painting had an important place in the work of the old masters but had nearly disappeared with the rise of Modern art. Yet many African American artists embraced this neglected genre in ...