ARTS 150 1st Edition Lecture 25 Outline of Current Lecture I American Art between 1920 40s Current Lecture Movements Styles Categories o Harlem Renaissance Renewal invigorating ideas brought on by African American artists o The New Negro Movement o Dynamic Cubism Branching off mainstream movement of cubism Proposal of very abstract structured forms o Social Realism o Regional American Scene Painters Harlem Renaissance o Also known as the New Negro Movement or new African American Cultural Expression Movement o Centered in Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan but integrated the works of African and Caribbean artists o Brought black experience within American cultural history o Winold Reiss Portrait of Langston Highes 1925 Langston Hughes is a major figure in the New Negro Movement and major player in American modern poetry movement and advocate for African American rights o WEB DuBois s book The Souls of Black Folk 1903 Emphasized justice and equality o Parade of the Universal Negro Improvement Association Founded by black nationalist Marcus Garvey Annual parade on Aug 31 1930 o James VanDerZee UNIA Parade with Marcus Garvey and Members on Bandstand 1929 Created visual portrait of Harlem at the time documenting places and events During Jazz Movement and right before stock market crash 1929 o Portraiture at the James VanDerZee Studio in Harlem Unique photography technique encapsulating Harlem life These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute His portraits were for art and historical purpose for comments on historical society Worked to make his subjects and surroundings as beautiful as possible Documenting American black middle class o James VanDerZee Detail of Couple Wearing Raccoon Coats with a Cadillac Taken on West 127th St Harlem NY 1932 Black urban middle class during Jazz movement and New Negro identity Photographs opposed the racist and derogatory outlook on African Americans by displaying selfworth and beauty within the photo o Aaron Douglas Ma Bad Luck Card 1926 Illustration for an article written by Hughes One of the leading visual artists of the time and incorporated cubists art with original African American images Relief painting lack of shading and human and geometric flat forms Inspired by Egyptian wall paintings o Aaron Douglas Harriet Tubman 1931 Mural for Bennett College in Greensboro NC o Jacob Lawrence NO 49 from The Migration of the Negro 1940 Casesin Tempera on hardboard Media of Harlem Renaissance is very versatile photography narrative ect Described the journey of African Americans as they immigrated from home countries to cities like Chicago Orange black brown purple and boldly linearated forms o Jacob Lawrence The Cruelty of Planters Led Slaves to Revold 1775 from the Toussaint L Ouverture Series 1937 The Great Depression 1930s 40s o Photograph Dustbowl storm Stratford TX 1935 More than half a million Americans left homeless o Photographer Arhtur Rothsteain Father and sons walking in the face of a dust storm and Abandoned dustbowl farm near Dalhard TX Many people died from malnutrition and pneumonia o Works Progress administration federal assistance program providing jobs and supporting the survival of US artists Tended to represent American figures subjects and patriotism 2 painting styles prevalent at this time in the US o Regionalism Thomas Hart Benton Grand Wood Edward Hopper o Social Realism Diego Rivera Ben Shahn Philip Evergood o Dorothea Lange Migrant Mother 1936 Part of FSA project Anxious mother with 3 children in migrant worker camp Madonna of the Depression Emotionally engaged and dramatically compelling