List of African-American Visual Artists - Artists

Artists

  • Terry Adkins (born 1953), artist.
  • Mequitta Ahuja (born 1976), painter, installation artist
  • Larry D. Alexander (born 1953), painter
  • Jules T. Allen (born 1947), photographer.
  • Charles Alston (1907–1977), painter.
  • Amalia Amaki, artist.
  • Emma Amos (born 1938), painter.
  • Benny Andrews (1930–2006), painter.
  • Kyle Baker (born 1965), cartoonist
  • Matt Baker (1921–1959), comic book artist
  • James Presley Ball (1825–1904), photographer
  • Henry Bannarn (1910–1965), painter.
  • Edward Mitchell Bannister (1828–1901), painter.
  • Ernie Barnes (1938–2009), neo-Mannerist artist.
  • Richmond Barthé (1901–1989), sculptor.
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988), painter.
  • Romare Bearden (1911–1988), painter.
  • Arthello Beck (1941–2004), painter
  • Darrin Bell (born 1975), cartoonist
  • Mary A. Bell (1873–1941)
  • Mary Lee Bendolph (born 1935), quiltmaker
  • Dawoud Bey (born 1953), photographer.
  • John T. Biggers (1924–2001), muralist.
  • Gene Bilbrew (1923–1974), cartoonist and fetish artist
  • Robert Blackburn (1920–2003), printmaker.
  • Thomas Blackshear
  • Betty Blayton (born 1937), painter, printmaker.
  • Chakaia Booker (born 1953), sculptor.
  • Mark Bradford (born 1961)
  • Peter Alexander Bradley (born 1940), painter
  • Frederick James Brown (born 1945).
  • Manuelita Brown, sculptor
  • Robert Brown (c. 1936 – 2007), cartoonist
  • Beverley Buchanan (born 1940), painter.
  • Selma Burke (1900–1995), sculptor.
  • Calvin Burnett (born 1921), book illustrator.
  • Robert Butler (born 1943), painter
  • Frank Calloway (born 1915)
  • E. Simms Campbell (1906–1971), cartoonist.
  • Fred Carter (born 1938), cartoonist
  • Bernie Casey (born 1939), painter.
  • Elizabeth Catlett (born 1919), sculptor and printmaker.
  • Nick Cave (born 1959), performance artist
  • Michael Ray Charles (born 1967), painter.
  • Barbara Chase-Riboud (born 1936), sculptor.
  • Claude Clark (1915–2001), painter and printmaker.
  • Edward Clark (artist) (born 1926), painter
  • Willie Cole (born 1955), painter.
  • Robert Colescott (1925–2009), painter.
  • Alex Corbbrey (born 1944), painter
  • Eldzier Cortor (born 1916), artist and printmaker.
  • Ernest Crichlow (1914–2005), social realist artist.
  • Allan Crite (1910–2007), painter.
  • Emilio Cruz (1938–2004), painter.
  • Michael Cummings (born 1945), textile artist
  • Roy DeCarava (1919–2009), photographer.
  • Bing Davis (born 1937), potter and graphic artist.
  • Ulysses David (1913–1990), sculptor.
  • Beauford Delaney (1901–1991), painter.
  • Joseph Delaney (1904–1991).
  • Louis Delsarte (born 1944), artist.
  • Thornton Dial (born 1928).
  • Terry Dixon (born 1969), painter and multimedia artist
  • Jeff Donaldson (born 1932), painter and critic
  • Aaron Douglas (1899–1979), painter.
  • Emory Douglas, Black Panther artist
  • David C. Driskell (born 1931), artist and scholar
  • Robert Scott Duncanson (1821–1872), Hudson River School.
  • William Edmondson (died 1951), folk art sculptor.
  • Walter Ellison (1899–1977), painter.
  • Mel Edwards (born 1937), sculptor.
  • Minnie Evans (1892–1987), folk artist.
  • Derrick Fludd (born 1963), painter
  • Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (1877–1968), artist.
  • Ellen Gallagher (born 1965).
  • Herbert Gentry (1919–2003), painter
  • Wilda Gerideau-Squires (born 1946), photographer
  • Leah Gilliam (born 1967), media artist and filmmaker
  • Sam Gilliam (born 1933), painter.
  • Graham Goddard (born 1982), conceptual artist
  • Richard T. Gordon (born 1936), printmaker.
  • Billy Graham (1935–1999), comic book artist
  • Lonnie Graham, photographer and installation artist
  • Leamon Green (born 1959)
  • Renee Green (born 1959), installation artist.
  • Mario Gully, comic book artist
  • Tyree Guyton (born 1955).
  • Patrick Earl Hammie (born 1981), painter
  • David Hammons (born 1943), artist.
  • Trenton Doyle Hancock (born 1974).
  • John Wesley Hardrick (1891–1948), painter.
  • Jerry Harris (born 1945), sculptor
  • Lawrence Harris, painter
  • Palmer Hayden (1893–1973), painter.
  • Barkley Hendricks, painter
  • George Herriman (1880–1944), cartoonist.
  • Sedrick Huckaby (born 1975), painter
  • Richard Hunt (born 1935), sculptor.
  • Clementine Hunter (1886/7-1988), folk artist.
  • Bill Hutson (born 1936), painter
  • Wadsworth Jarrell (born 1929), painter, sculptor
  • Joshua Johnson, portrait painter and folk artist.
  • Malvin Gray Johnson (1896–1934), painter.
  • Rashid Johnson (born 1977), conceptual artist
  • M. Scott Johnson (born 1968),sculptor, photographer
  • Sargent Johnson (1888–1967), sculptor.
  • William H. Johnson (1902–1970).
  • Ben Jones (born 1941), installation artist.
  • Lois Mailou Jones (1905–1998), painter.
  • Luther Jones (born 1944), sculptor.
  • Gwendolyn Knight (1914–2005), artist.
  • Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000), painter.
  • Hughie Lee-Smith (1915–1999), artist.
  • Edmonia Lewis (c. 1843 – 1879), artist.
  • Norman Lewis (1909–1979), painter.
  • Glenn Ligon (born 1960), painter.
  • Whitfield Lovell (born 1960), artist.
  • Clarence Major (born 1936), painter.
  • Kerry James Marshall (born 1955), painter.
  • Eugene J. Martin (1938–2005), painter
  • Valerie Maynard (born 1937), sculptor, printmaker, painter
  • Ealy Mays (born 1959), painter
  • Howard McCalebb, artist
  • Corky McCoy, illustrator
  • Charles McGill, artist, painting and drawing professor
  • Julie Mehretu (born 1970), painter, printmaker
  • Sam Middleton (born 1927), artist
  • Harold Miller Painter,Abstract Expressionism,Actor,Singer, Lyricist
  • Sharon Lee Minor (born 1949), visual/performance artist
  • Dean Mitchell (born 1957), painter
  • Scipio Moorhead (active 1770s), painter.
  • Archibald Motley (1891–1981), painter.
  • Harold Newton (1934–1994), artist
  • Lorraine O'Grady (born 1934), conceptual artist
  • John Outterbridge (born 1933), assemblage artist.
  • Joe Overstreet (born 1933), artist.
  • Gordon Parks (1912–2006), photographer, director.
  • Howardena Pindell (born 1943), painter.
  • Jerry Pinkney (born 1939), illustrator.
  • Adrian Piper (born 1948), conceptual artist.
  • Rose Piper (born 1917).
  • Horace Pippin (1888–1946), painter.
  • Carl Robert Pope (born 1961), photographer.
  • Harriet Powers (1837–1910), Folk artist.
  • Martin Puryear (born 1941), sculptor.
  • Patrick H. Reason (1816–1898)
  • Earle Wilton Richardson, artist.
  • Faith Ringgold (born 1930), painter.
  • Sandra Rowe, painter.
  • Alison Saar (born 1956), artist.
  • Betye Saar (born 1926), artist.
  • Lezley Saar (born 1953), assemblage artist.
  • Charles Sallee (1923–2006), painter.
  • Charles Sebree (1914–1985), painter.
  • Raymond Saunders, painter.
  • Augusta Savage (1892–1962), sculptor.
  • John T. Scott (1940–2007), artist
  • Joyce J. Scott (born 1948), sculptor.
  • Lorenzo Scott (born 1934), painter
  • William Edouard Scott (1884–1964), painter.
  • Thomas Sills (1914–2000), painter
  • Gary Simmons (born 1964), artist
  • Lorna Simpson (born 1960), artist.
  • Merton Simpson (born 1928), painter
  • William Simpson (1818–1872), portrait painter.
  • Vincent D. Smith (1929-2003), painter, printmaker
  • Gilda Snowden (born 1954).
  • Raymond Steth (1916–1997).
  • Renee Stout (born 1958), artist.
  • Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859–1937), artist.
  • Margaret Taylor-Burroughs (born 1917).
  • Alma Thomas (1891–1978), painter.
  • Bob Thompson (1937–1966), painter.
  • Mildred Thompson, USA (1935–2003) Abstract painter, printmaker and sculptor.
  • Dox Thrash (1892–1962), sculptor.
  • Bill Traylor (1856–1949).
  • Darlene Tyree artist, art therapist
  • James Van Der Zee (1886–1983), photographer.
  • Kara Walker (born 1969), artist.
  • William Walker (born 1927), Chicago muralist
  • Laura Wheeler Waring (1887–1948), painter.
  • E. M. Washington (born 1962), printmaker and counterfeiter
  • James W. Washington, Jr. (1908–2000), painter and sculptor.
  • Carrie Mae Weems (born 1953), photographer.
  • Pheoris West
  • Charles Wilbert White (1918–1979), muralist.
  • Jack Whitten (born 1939), painter
  • Kehinde Wiley (born 1977), painter
  • William T. Williams (born 1942), painter.
  • Deborah Willis (born 1948), photographer
  • Ellis Wilson (1899–1977), painter.
  • Fred Wilson (born 1954), conceptual artist
  • John Wilson (born 1922), sculptor.
  • Frank Wimberley (born 1926), painter
  • Hale Woodruff (1900–1980), painter.
  • Joseph Yoakum (1890–1972), self-taught landscape artist
  • Purvis Young (1943–2010), artist.

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