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9 Σεπ 2016 · Visitors to the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., have a rare opportunity to see a selection of his images—39 photographs, many of which are on view for the first time...
7 Φεβ 2020 · These Pictures Capture The Glory That Was The Harlem Renaissance. Throughout the 1920s and into the '30s, the Harlem neighborhood of New York City was a mecca of black community, music, fashion, and art that can best be described as a cultural renaissance.
28 Νοε 2021 · Photographer James Van Der Zee created an extraordinary chronicle of life in Harlem during the 1920s and 1930s and beyond. Residents of this majority Black neighborhood in New York City turned to Van Der Zee and his camera to mark special occasions.
14 Φεβ 2020 · From jazz and blues to poetry and prose to dance and theater, the Harlem Renaissance of the early 20th century was electric with creative expression by African American artists. See photos.
27 Μαρ 2019 · At the height of the Harlem Renaissance, photographer James Van Der Zee’s uptown studio became a site of fantasy and self-invention. In his 1920 photograph Eve’s Daughter, for example, an African-American woman embodies a joyful, edenic figure, standing in front of a studio backdrop that pictures an idyllic lake and trees. She wears a sheer ...
3 Μαρ 2023 · Women played a pivotal role during the Harlem Renaissance, breaking new ground as writers, singers, artists and performers. They often created powerful, searing commentaries on the experience of being a Black woman during the early 20 th century.
The swath of white paint across the young woman’s eyes indicates her role as an initiate. The mask partly obscures her distinctive personality but combined with the receding profiles at the...
