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Figurative Expressionism: Emilio Cruz and his explorations of humanity

Manjeera March 15, ON THIS DAY Naturally many may naively and rambunctiously ask why would a black artist concern himself with the wider questions of art and humanity? …my answer is art and ideas belong to no particular people exclusively. If they did this art has failed to reach the transcendent state that artists have […]

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The African-American woman artist who beat all odds in the 20th century

September 22, On This Day She was born on September 22, 1891 — today, 130 years later, Alma Woodsey Thomas is recognized as a major American painter of the 20th century, beating all odds as an African-American female artist, despite the segregation and prejudice of her time. She is alternatively classified by some as an

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