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The Creation

Aaron Douglas, 1927
The Creation, Aaron Douglas
The Creation, zoomed in

The Creation is a Harlem Renaissance Gouache and Paper Painting created by Aaron Douglas in 1927. It lives at the SCAD Museum of Art in the United States. The image is used according to Educational Fair Use, and tagged Black Subjects and Allegory. See The Creation in the Kaleidoscope

Aspiration, Aaron Douglas

Aspiration

1936
The Judgment Day, Aaron Douglas

The Judgment Day

1939
Flight, from The Emperor Jones series, Aaron Douglas

Flight, from The Emperor Jones series

1926
Migration Series No.2: The war had caused a labor shortage in northern industry. Citizens of foreign countries were returning to their native lands, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.2: The war had caused a labor shortage in northern industry. Citizens of foreign countries were returning to their native lands

Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.8: Some left because of promises of work in the North. Others left because their farms had been devastated by floods, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.8: Some left because of promises of work in the North. Others left because their farms had been devastated by floods

Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Initiation, Liberia, Loïs Mailou Jones

Initiation, Liberia

Loïs Mailou Jones, 1983
Nude, Marc Chagall

Nude

Marc Chagall, 1913
Chairs and Pots, Frances Hodgkins

Chairs and Pots

Frances Hodgkins, 1939
Fishermen, Pavel Tchelitchew

Fishermen

Pavel Tchelitchew, 1935
Composition with Red Yellow and Blue, Piet Mondrian

Composition with Red Yellow and Blue

Piet Mondrian, 1927
Still life with Drapery, Giorgio Morandi

Still life with Drapery

Giorgio Morandi, 1927
The Archaeologists, Giorgio de Chirico

The Archaeologists

Giorgio de Chirico, 1927

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