Painting of the Day. The Blues Band II
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This monochrome all-blue acrylic painting of an African blues band is a wonder. Angu Walters usually paints from a broad palette but once in a while he limits himself to just one color and then makes magic with it.
99 x 71 centimeters
39 x 28 inches
$1500 original / $185 art print / Free delivery anywhere
#AfricanArt #painting #blackartist #theblues #paintingoftheday

Sayyer's goal for next month's rent has been reached!! Thank you all so, so much for your boosts and donations!

Their lineart commissions are still available if you are able to help them make up the missed rent from this month—I can vouch that their art is great and they're great to work with! As #BlackHistoryMonth ends, let's take care of Black people in the present.

Commission link: https://ko-fi.com/sayyer

Painting of the Day. African Dancers IV
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In this vibrant creation, Angu Walters has woven the rhythm of life with acrylics. Figures dance amidst a mosaic of geometric warmth, their fluid movements embodying joy and unity.
100 x 130 cm
39 x 51 in
$2200 / Free delivery anywhere directly from the Heart of Africa #Cameroon
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#AfricanArt #painitngoftheday #acrylicpainting #painting #blackartist #BlackHistoryMonth

Click each for full image. Your Black History Month art post today:

A painting by Trinidadian-American actor, dancer, musician, & artist Geoffrey Holder (1930-2014), “Lena,” portrait of Lena Horne, oil on masonite. I believe it is now in a private collection. #BlackHistoryMonth #blackart #blackartist

Photograph from the Detroit Public Library: ‘Lena Horne posing for a portrait painted by Geoffrey Holder. Stamped on back: "Please credit United Press International Photo. United Press International, Inc. 461 Eighth Avenue. New York 1, New York." Label on back: "Sitting star. New York: With a far away look on her face, Lena Horne, star of the Broadway musical 'Jamaica,' sits for her portrait in New York City. Painting her is Geoffrey Holder, who is preparing a one-man show of impressionistic portraits of stars to be displayed at the Barone Galleries in Manhattan later in the month. 2/13/59."’

Painting of the Day. Family IV
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In this vibrant 4-foot acrylic piece, the interlocking patterns symbolize life's complex tapestry, while the figures embody unity across generations.
Angu Walters
100 x 130 cm
39 x 51 inches
$2200
Free delivery directly from the Heart of Africa. #Cameroon Satisfaction guaranteed.
Your full purchase price will be held in an American PayPal account pending your acceptance.
#AfricanArt #BlackHistoryMonth #blackart #blackartist #painting

By African-American artist Allan Freelon (1895-1960), “Carolling Night," charcoal on tissue-thin, cream vellum paper, 1935, 12x10 1/4 inches (304x260mm), photo from Swann Auction Galleries Feb 13, 2014. #BlackHistoryMonth #blackart #blackartist #arthistory

From the Swann website: "After serving in WWI, Allan Freelon began teaching in Philadelphia public schools, becoming supervisor of art instruction for the entire school district. During the school district's summer breaks, Freelon traveled to Gloucester, Massachusetts, where he pursued his interest in landscape painting. He studied there with Emile Gruppe at the Gloucester School of Painting, who emphasized sound drawing and bold use of colors.

In this drawing, Freelon depicts a reoccurring image seen in his work, Our Lady of Good Voyage, a church built for the Portuguese community in Gloucester by the Roman Catholic Church. The church is very recognizable with its symmetrical bell towers and statue of Our Lady of Good Voyage, who holds a boat in her left hand as a symbol of a safe voyage. Another image of the church by Freelon, the painting Our Lady of Good Voyage, was shown in the 2004 exhibition, Allan Freelon: Pioneer African American Impressionist held at the North Carolina Central University Art Museum."

Painting of the Day. To the Market VI
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It's a 4-foot richly-detailed painting of women returning home from the weekly Saturday Market with an abundance of shopping items and a plethora of children.
Angu Walters
130 x 100 centimeters
51 x 39 inches
$2200
#AfricanArt #paintingoftheday #BlackHistoryMonth #blackartist #blackart

Your Black History Month art post for today: a beautiful watercolor painting by Elizabeth Colomba (born 1976), featured cover of the December 2023 edition of Vogue.

From ArtNews: ‘“What is incredible and scary about being an artist is that there is no certainty of anything,” she said. “You always feel like it’s almost too good to be true. You always have this constant anxiety, which is maybe a good thing. Maybe it’s a way of being able to push yourself, of never feeling like you arrived anywhere, of always exploring new ideas and new ways of putting your narrative out there.”’ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/elizabeth-colomba-interview-princeton-university-exhibition-1234625525/

#BlackHistoryMonth #blackart #blackartist #womanartist #womensart

The artist’s website: https://www.elizabeth-colomba.com

An interview in Vogue: https://www.vogue.com/article/elizabeth-colomba-interview-vogue-october-2018

Your Black History Month art post for today: by Aaron Douglas (1899-1979), “Building More Stately Mansions,” 1944, oil on canvas board, 20x16 inches (507x405 mm), photo: Swann Auction Galleries, Feb 19, 2008. #arthistory #blackart #blackartist #BlackHistoryMonth

From Swann Auction Galleries: ‘With Building More Stately Mansions, Douglas presents a visionary scene of soaring architectural achievements against the human scale and labor of African Americans. With the artist's signature hybridization of Art Deco and African forms, Building More Stately Mansions pushes his work from the Harlem Renaissance into a forward vision of modernity. In addition, the "stately mansions" of African predecessors are included with their Western counterparts. Romare Bearden and Harry Henderson wrote that Douglas was "the first artist to link the modern African-Americans with their African heritage," and point to his interest in people and education, not machines, as their means to the future.’

A larger version of “Building More Stately Mansions” is in the collection of Fisk University Galleries, Nashville.

Painting of the Day. Opening the Festival V
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A barefoot music band performs at the opening of a music festival in Central Africa. This delightful acrylic painting is huge at 5-feet width and it captures the movement and rhythm of traditional African music.
Angu Walters
$2900 Satisfaction guaranteed
#AfricanArt #paintingoftheday #acrylicpainting #painting #blackart #blackartist

By Samella Lewis (1923-2022), “Together We Stand" (Poetry By Maya Angelou), lithograph on paper. As a print it appears in more than one collection, both public and private. #arthistory #BlackHistoryMonth #blackartist #womanartist

Her obituary in the New York Times described her as “a Black artist and art historian who did more than just decry the racial blinders of the white art establishment, in part by founding a museum dedicated to promoting Black arts.” And I love this story from the article: ‘she said her first sale of an artwork was to her kindergarten teacher, who was impressed with how she had handled an assignment to draw a pig. “All the other children were doing brown pigs, white pigs, so I drew a purple one,” she said. “And I was determined that, in doing that pig, that I was not going to stay within anybody’s lines. I just drew lines, but then I moved outside of them. It was like the pig was vibrating.”’ Neil Genzlinger, “Samella Lewis, Artist and Activist for Art World Diversity, Dies at 99,” The New York Times, June 3, 2022.

Painting of the Day. All Heads Together XIV
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In this vibrant acrylic creation, Angu Walters has poured his fascination with the interconnectedness of humanity into a tapestry of faces. Every brushstroke is a testament to our shared experiences, emotions, and dreams, converging in a surreal dance. It's 4 feet wide!
$2400 Satisfaction guaranteed
#AfricanArt #africanartist #blackartist #paintingoftheday #painting

Your Black History Month art post for today: by Barkley L. Hendricks (1945-2017), “Lawdy Mama,” 1969, oil and gold leaf on canvas, 53 3/4 x 36 1/4 in. (136.5 x 92.1 cm), in the collection of the Studio Museum in Harlem. #Art #blackart #blackartist #blackartists #BlackHistoryMonth

Art critic Yinka Elujoba describes this work as “a luminous painting of a Black woman cleverly layered on gold leaf with an Afro sitting on her head like a halo, complementing the arched canvas.” New York Times, Sept. 28, 2023.