African American Art Book of Postcards

Some of the outstanding artists whose work appears in this book of postcards--Jacob Lawrence, Hale Woodruff, Beauford Delaney, and Betye Saar, for example--have taken their inspiration from the world around them and captured the black experience. Others, such as Sam Gilliam, Romare Bearden, Alma Thomas, and Bob Thompson, have introduced a new language of modernism, turning to archetype, myth, and fable or seeking a pure abstraction in their work. All have caused the artistic mainstream to flow in unexpected and welcome directions. This collection of thirty images from twenty-two African American artists offers a taste of the new vocabulary they forged in the twentieth century. From Henry Ossawa Tanner s Good Shepherd (1920) to Purvis Young s Every Day in Overtown (1992), these works have broken new ground and brought new depth to the art of America. From The Newark Museum. Contains thirty oversized postcards.