Arresting portraits, now a part of the Smithsonian ... Goodridge was one of the most important African American photographers of the 19th century, who, along with James P. Ball of Cincinnati ...

A 1920s photo of two Black men embracing ... and playwright" who had built his archive from vintage group portraits of African Americans that he "purchased on Ebay, at flea markets and at estate ...

an enslaved African who died a free man at a very old age, comes from the diary of the man who painted his striking portrait. Charles William Peale was an American portrait painter who established ...

prints and sculpture by African-American artists. And during baseball season, the museum will host “Picturing America’s Pastime,” a photo exhibit on the history of baseball. “It’s really ...

The artwork borrows from classical easel painting techniques, posing African leaders in a style mainly associated with ...

Making art out of disaster, a couple of photographers salvage their affectionate portraits of life in ... amassed over three decades documenting African American life in Louisiana.

He contacted the museum, and they confirmed that portraits of African American sitters from 1841 in Philadelphia were a significant find. But the paintings are just one part of this family’s rich ...