The National Gallery of Art spotlights a lesser-known cultural movement by Black artists in Washington DC that was centered on beauty.
In this story, The National Gallery of Art spotlights a lesser-known cultural movement centered on beauty. “What is more far-reaching than beauty?” In 1924, a young woman named Alma Thomas posed that question in her college yearbook. Thomas was the first graduate of Howard University’s newly formed department of art. Her groundbreaking abstract paintings were decades away—after graduating she would first devote 35 years to teaching art at a junior high school in Washington, DC.
As Addison grew his business in the early 20th century, he intentionally focused on the beauty, success, and talent of his neighbors. The Scurlocks’ work “transformed historical images of Blackness and Jim Crow‒era depictions of African American life,” add Combs and Gardullo. “They turned the derogatory label of race into a source of dignity and self-affirmation for African Americans.
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