We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s–1970s was an art exhibition held at the Woodmere Art Museum from September 26, 2015 through January 24, 2016.[1][2] It included artists from Philadelphia who were active from the 1920s through the 1970s. Many of those artist were invlolved with the Pyramid Club and other local organizations.[3] The exhibit included paintings, photographs, prints, drawings and sculpture[4] from the New Negro movement of the 1920s, the Works Progress Administration print works of the 1930s and the Civil rights era.[5]
Artists
The following artists were included in the show:[6]
- James Atkins
 - Roland Ayers
 - James Brantley
 - Benjamin Britt
 - Moe Brooker
 - Samuel J. Brown
 - Barbara Bullock
 - Selma Burke
 - Donald Eugene Camp
 - Barbara Chase-Riboud
 - Laura Williams Chassot (b. 1942)
 - Claude C.F. Clark
 - Louise Clement–Hoff
 - Reba Dickerson-Hill
 - Aaron Douglas
 - John E. Dowell Jr.
 - James Dupree
 - Allan L. Edmunds
 - Walter Edmonds
 - Allan R. Freelon, Sr.
 - Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
 - Reginald Gammon
 - John T. Harris
 - Barkley L. Hendricks
 - Humbert L. Howard
 - Edward Ellis Hughes
 - Charles Jay, (b. 1947)
 - LeRoy Johnson
 - Martina Johnson-Allen
 - Edward Jones (b. 1942)
 - Ida Jones
 - Paul F. Keene Jr.
 - Columbus Knox
 - Edward L. Loper Sr.
 - John W. Mosley
 - Jerry Pinkney
 - Horace Pippin
 - Charles Aaron Pridgen
 - Raymond Saunders
 - Charles Searles
 - Twins Seven Seven
 - Louis Sloan
 - Raymond Steth
 - Henry Ossawa Tanner
 - Dox Thrash
 - Ellen Powell Tiberino
 - Laura Wheeler Waring
 - Howard Watson
 - Richard J. Watson
 - Deborah Willis
 
References
- ↑ Hine, Thomas. "Art: Black Philadelphia artists, visible at last". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
 - ↑ "Fifty Years of African American Art Explored At Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia". New York Trend Online. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
 - ↑ "Philadelphia Story". International Review of African American Art. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
 - ↑ McKay, RJ (26 December 2015). "Woodmere Art Museum Showing 'We Speak: Black Artists In Philadelphia, 1920s-1970s'". CBS Philadelphia. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
 - ↑ Valentine, Victoria L. (15 October 2015). "Fall Exhibitions: 42 Must-See Museum Shows Featuring Black Artists". Culture Type. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
 - ↑ "We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s–1970s". Woodmere Art Museum. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
 
External links
- We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s–1970s includes video interviews of the artists
 - We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s–1970s catalogue online ISBN 9781888008005
 
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