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

Augusta Savage

Sculptor, teacher and warrior for civil rights

1892-1962

Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller

Delicate Sculptor of Horrors

1877-1968

1801 2000

Existence is a nightmare

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz

Machines that scream: inventing Futurist music

Luigi Russolo 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