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James Van Der Zee

James Van Der Zee was a U.S. Artist of the African Diaspora born on June 29, 1886. Van Der Zee contributed to the Harlem Renaissance movement and died on May 15, 1983. Get notified when James Van Der Zee's biography is complete:

Aaron Douglas

Projections of determination

1899-1979

William H. Johnson

Painting my people

1901-1970

Charles Alston

"The idea of a march was growing"

1907-1977

1801 2000

Machines that scream: inventing Futurist music

Luigi Russolo

Existence is a nightmare

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz James Van Der Zee

The intellectual mother of Abstract Expressionism

Olga Rozanova

"I want to be the painter of my country"

Tarsila do Amaral

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James Van Der Zee

Kate and Rachel Van Der Zee, Lenox, Mass.

Cousin, Suzie Porter, New York City

Nude, Harlem

Garveyite Family, Harlem

Couple, Harlem