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Harlem Renaissance: Art and Artists

As Gay as it was Black

Major Artists of the Harlem Renaissance

Some of the major artists who are usually viewed as part of the Harlem Renaissance are:

  • Richmond Barthé
  • Selma Burke
  • Aaron Douglas
  • Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
  • Palmer Hayden
  • Malvin Gray Johnson
  • William Henry Johnson
  • Loïs Mailou Jones
  • Jacob Lawrence
  • Archibald J. Motley
  • Augusta Savage
  • Henry Ossawa Tanner
  • Dox Thrash
  • Hale Woodruff

Hayden, Palmer (1890-1973)
1936 Midsummer Night in Harlem