African American Oil Painting

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...

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

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

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...

Beautifully rendered large-scale contemporary figurative painting of two African American women. Oil and mixed media on canvas.

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

A wonderfully vivid view of a Savannah fruit market by Harry Leslie Hoffman, dating to his 1914 trip to the city. Hoffman paints the figures with remarkable confidence and sets them...

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...

Framed 29 X 23 Image 18 X 24 The sweetness that characterizes the work of Mexican painter Jose Maria de Servin (1917-83) is a melancholy and placid one. While he worked in the mo...

Framed 29 X 23 Image 18 X 24 The sweetness that characterizes the work of Mexican painter Jose Maria de Servin (1917-83) is a melancholy and placid one. While he worked in the mo...

This powerful and graphically composed image of a black man with white angel wings was painted in a realist style by African American artist Thomas Blackshear. Oil on canvas laid o...

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

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...

Signed lower right. Born in Mantorville, Minnesota, Arnold Blanch was a painter of scenes of social-realist American life with mystical overtones and a child-like seeming style. He...

This powerful and graphically composed image of a black man with white angel wings was painted in a realist style by African American artist Thomas Blackshear. Oil on canvas laid o...

This impressionist painting by Virginia artist Walter Biggs captures a moment of quiet strength and familial connection. A seated man rests outside with his hat in hand, while a youn...

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. Unsigned, but acquired with a collection of her work. Presented in a new cream ...

Heading has been featured on ASPIRE TV, shows at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the National Conference of Artists and other numerous galleries.

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...

Titled "Three Hours", the painting a is well executed, intimate figurative work by the artist, depicting a distinguished looking African American male model seated in colorful studio...

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...

This expressive painting by Francis William Edmunds offers a compelling glimpse into 19th-century American genre painting, a field in which Edmunds was a recognized master. Known for...

"Cars, Buildings People" Contemporary Outsider Folk Art African American Urban Purvis Young (1943-2010) Cars, Buildings People 65 x 48 inches Oil on board Signed upper right In th...

In a 1971 interview with Ebony Magazine, Alvin Hollinsworth commented on his African Jesus Christ painting, "I have always felt that Christ was a Black man". In 1970, Hollingsworth a...

Emilio Cruz (1938-2004) Bonnie and Clyde Pastel on paper Hand signed lower right Dimensions Framed H 15-7/8" W 18-1/2", Sight H 13-1/2" W 16-1/8" Emilio Antonio Cruz (1938 – 2004) ...

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...

Signed lower center, in fabrics bowl, 'Ruth Mae McCrane' (American, 1929-2002) and dated upper center, in calendar, February 1989. Ruth Mae McCrane taught art for 33 years while pai...

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...

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 ...

Created with oil on panel, and using her non-dominant hand, the performers series reveals the rich brushwork and deft confidence with which Audrey Anastasi paints her compelling imag...

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.

For four decades, G. (Gloucester) Caliman Coxe was considered the dean of African-American artists in Louisville, Kentucky, an art scene in the 1950s and '60s that included Sam Gilli...

Leon Collins (Born 1930) Galveston / Navasota Texas Artist Image Size: 38 x 26 Medium: Oil Stick on Canvas "Mother and Daughter" Leon Collins Birthdate Unknown Galveston / Navasota T...

Track Star - Abstracted Portrait of an African American Man in Pastel on Paper Bold and imaginative pastel drawing of a man in a track suit by an unknown artist (20th Century). An A...

Edith Kramer (1916 - 2014) Still Life with Mask, n.d. Oil on canvas 26 x 20 inches Signed and titled on the stretcher Provenance: Estate of the artist Kramer was born in Vienna, Au...