"The Great Migration: The Evolution of African American Art, 1790-1945"
2000-06-16 until 2000-10-22
Taft Museum of Art
Cincinnati, OH, USA United States of America

Placing the Taft Museum of Art's murals by Robert S. Duncanson in the context of African American achievement, this exhibition considers the legacy of African American art from the Colonial era to WWII.

Included are works by painters Joshua Johnston, Henry O. Tanner, Duncanson and Horace Pippin; photographer James P. Ball; and sculptor Edmonia Lewis among others. Guest curator is R. Kumasi Hampton, The Union Institute of Cincinnati.

IMAGE:
Joshua Johnston
(American, active about1795-1825),
Mary Buchanan Smith (1788-1868),
about 1797-98,
oil on canvas.
Private collection.

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