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Indepth Arts News:
"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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