Smithsonian American Art Museum / Gift of the Harmon Foundation The African American artist William H. Johnson (1901-1970) had been painting expressionist landscapes in Europe for more than a ...

Butterflies are abundant in the Central African Republic ... decades he has been collecting butterfly wings from his fields and turning them into works of art. With nothing more than tweezers ...

Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / ARS, NY / Museum of Modern Art / SCALA / Art Resource ... which became a critical marker in African-American history. Given opportunity, black ...

Founded in 1868, the structure has stood as a beacon of African American art and culture for over 150 years, holding one of the most comprehensive collections of African, African American ...