Harlem Renaissance
Published on Nov 22, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
HARLEM RENAISSANCE
BY MATT SUMMERS AND ALEX SISTARE
WHAT?
HARLEM RENNISANCE
WHEN?
1920'S
GENERAL FACTS
- Was a blossom of black culture
- Was the most influential movement
- The music during that time
- Nicknamed the jazz age
Aaron DougLAS
- Born May 26 1899
- Died February 3 1979
- Attended University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Topeka High School
- Spouse Alta Sawyer
- Referred as the father of Black American Art
INSPIRATION?
HIS MOTHERS WATER PAINTINGS
EARLY LIFE
- Graduated from Topeka High School in 1917
- developed an interest in art early in life
- Born in Topeka, Kansas
WORKS
- Illustrations for The Crisis and Opportunity
- Mural at Club Ebony
- Harriet Tubman
- Dance Magic
- Vanity Fair, New York Sun, Boston Transcript, and American Mercury
