Charles White
ARTISTCharles Wilbert White Jr. was a prominent American Social Realist in the visual arts who emerged from Chicago’s Black Renaissance of the 1930s. He worked in painting, drawing, lithography, and murals to chronicle the African American experience, including its struggles and triumphs, through representational art. His lifelong commitment to using his art to defend Black dignity, humanity, and freedom solidified his place as one of the most well-known artists in African American art history. He was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1972.
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Charles Wilbert White Jr. was a prominent American Social Realist in the visual arts who emerged from Chicago’s Black Renaissance of the 1930s. He worked in painting, drawing, lithography, and murals to chronicle the African American experience, including its struggles and triumphs, through representational art. His lifelong commitment to using his art to defend Black dignity, humanity, and freedom solidified his place as one of the most well-known artists in African American art history. He was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1972.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
At a glance
Most of Charles White's work on the site falls under Prints (1), Figurative (1).
By movement, it's catalogued as Art Deco (1).
Culture: American (2).
By orientation: 1 landscape, 1 portrait.
Dated work in this group ranges from 1784 to 1939.
Other American artists of the period
Artists from the same country and generation, also in the archive:
- George Wesley Bellows — 401 artworks
- Arthur Bowen Davies — 142 artworks
- Will Bradley — 109 artworks
- Charles Demuth — 98 artworks
- Lois Mailou Jones — 67 artworks
- E. Boyd — 57 artworks
- Howard Brodie — 56 artworks
- Dugald Stewart Walker — 52 artworks
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Sizes and framing
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