White, Charles Wilbert (1918-1979)

Creator details

Name
White, Charles Wilbert (1918-1979)
Nationality
American
Biography
Noted as one of the most celebrated and influential African American artists of the twentieth century. Born in Chicago and was educated at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Arts Students league of New York. He spent most of his career between Los Angeles and Chicago. His work, which is mainly figural, deals with the stuggles of African-Americans and humanity.

Assets (11 in total)

Exodus I: Black Moses (Harriet Tubman), 1951 (linocut)
Soldier, 1944 (tempera on masonite)
Looking Upward
Just a Closer Walk with Thee, 1959 (linocut)
Our War, 1949 (litho)
Head of a Young Man, 1946 (litho)
Jessica, 1970 (etching)
Harvest Talk, 1953 (charcoal, Wolff's carbon drawing pencil, & graphite, with stumping & erasing on ivory wood pulp laminate board)
Black Sorrow, 1946 (litho)
Banner for Willie J, 1976 (oil on canvas)
Card Players, 1939 (oil on canvas)

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