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1. blackartstory.org › 2018/09/28 › profile-aaron-douglasProfile: Aaron Douglas – Black Art Story

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   Sep 28, 2018 · Synopsis. Aaron Douglas was an African-American painter and graphic artist who played a leading role in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s. His first major commission, to illustrate Alain LeRoy Locke’s book, The New Negro, prompted requests for graphics from other Harlem Renaissance writers. By 1939, Douglas started teaching at ...

2. www.whtimes.co.uk › news › 24247761Further charges for WGC man accused of attempted murder

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   Apr 11, 2024 · Aaron Douglas will appear at St Albans Crown Court on July 29. (Image: Archant) A Welwyn Garden City man accused of attempted murder has been charged with a further 14 offences. Aaron Douglas, of ...

3. www.metmuseum.org › art › online-featuresLet My People Go - MetCollects - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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   Aaron Douglas was born in Topeka, Kansas, to parents who participated in the Great Migration, the waves of African American populations that fled discrimination in the South under Jim Crow laws. After earning an art degree at the University of Nebraska and teaching in Kansas City, Missouri, Douglas made his way to New York to be immersed in the exciting cultural developments in Harlem about ...

4. artsandculture.google.com › entity › m0362ctAaron Douglas — Google Arts & Culture

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   Aaron Douglas was an American painter, illustrator and visual arts educator. He was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance. He developed his art career painting murals and creating illustrations that addressed social issues around race and segregation in the United States by utilizing African-centric imagery.

5. www.moma.org › artists › 45081Aaron Douglas | MoMA

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   Nov 14, 2020 · Aaron Douglas. Study for the book God's Trombones by James Weldon Johnson. 1926. Exhibitions 509: New York City, 1920s. Nov 14, 2020–Nov 26, 2023. Collection gallery.

6. www.khanacademy.org › humanities › art-1010A beacon of hope, Aaron Douglas's Aspiration - Khan Academy

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   Transcript. Aaron Douglas' painting "Aspiration" celebrates African heritage and hope for a future without racial discrimination. Commissioned for the Texas Centennial Exposition, it depicts the journey from slavery to freedom. The painting uses Egyptian symbols and modern African American figures to represent progress and aspiration. Questions.

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7. artsandculture.google.com › asset › study-forStudy for Aspects of Negro Life: An Idyll of the Deep South

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   Study for Aspects of Negro Life: An Idyll of the Deep South. The preeminent visual artist of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1930s, Aaron Douglas created this gouache as the study for the third panel of a mural project for the Harlem branch of the New York Public Library. Showcasing Douglas’ signature graphic style, derived from European Cubism ...