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2. www.goodreads.com › author › listBooks by Aaron Douglas (Author of 10 Years to Death) - Goodreads

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   Aaron Douglas has 39 books on Goodreads with 2293 ratings. Aaron Douglas’s most popular book is El juicio de Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #1).

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3. www.theartstory.org › artist › douglas-aaronAaron Douglas Paintings, Bio, Ideas | TheArtStory

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   Aaron Douglas was born into a rather large, proud, and politically active African American community in Topeka, Kansas. His father worked as a baker, and while his family did not have much money, his parents emphasized the importance of education and aimed to instill a sense of optimism and self-confidence in their son. Douglas's mother, Elizabeth,...

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   Douglas went on to attend the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1922. During his time at college, he also worked as a waiter, and was an active member of the University Arts Club. After graduation, Douglas spent two years (1922-1923) at Lincoln High School in Kansas City, Missouri (where he taught cl...

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   During the 1930s, Douglas's career began to gain momentum as he became a prominent member of the Harlem Renaissance. In 1930, Douglas served as artist in residence at Fisk University in Nashville, where he was commissioned to paint a cycle of murals for the Cravath Memorial Library. (He would later return to Fisk and become a long-time member of it...

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   In 1937, Douglas received a Julius Rosenwald Foundation fellowship to travel to historically-Black colleges in the South. The Foundation had been created in 1917 by Chicago businessman Julius Rosenwald, who made his fortune as part owner, president, and chief executive of Sears, Roebuck & Company. Rosenwald funded the building of more than 5,000 sc...

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   Douglas is sometimes referred to as "the father of Black American art," as he was a central figure in the development of an artistic vocabulary that generations of African-American artists would use to present their culture and identity on their own terms and to combat popular, racist depictions of African Americans. Douglas developed this vocabula...

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   • Nationality: African-American
   • Birth Date: May 26, 1899

   • Place Of Birth: Topeka, Kansas
   • Death Date: February 2, 1979

4. beinecke.library.yale.edu › article › book-artThe Book Art of Harlem Renaissance Artist Aaron Douglas: A ...

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   Apr 29, 2019 · This listing comprises a nearly complete collection of the book art of Aaron Douglas, including more than a dozen first edition books associated with the Harlem Renaissance, complete with their Douglas-designed jackets.

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5. www.nga.gov › collection › artist-infoArtist Info - National Gallery of Art

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   Aaron Douglas, widely acknowledged as one of the most accomplished and influential visual artists of the Harlem Renaissance, was born in Topeka, Kansas, on May 26, 1899. He attended a segregated primary school, McKinley Elementary, and Topeka High School, which was integrated. [1]

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7. www.amazon.co.uk › Aaron-Douglas-Race-HarlemAaron Douglas: Art, Race, and the Harlem Renaissance

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   ISBN-13. 978-0878058006. See all details. Product description. From the Inside Flap. The only book about the premier visual artist of the Harlem Renaissance. About the Author.

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8. www.aarondouglas.com › product-page › 10-years-to-deathAaron Douglas - Official Website - Shop - 10 Years To Death

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   10 YEARS TO DEATH is the first full length graphic novel by Aaron Douglas Written by: Aaron DouglasArt by: Cliff RichardsColored by: Guy MajorLettered by: Dave SharpeCover: Cliff Richards & Guy MajorGenres: Supernatural/OccultPage Count: 40 PagesRelease Date: September 29, 2021Synopsis: The Shawshank Redemption meets The Sixth Sense ...

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   Who was Aaron Douglas?

   • Carl van Vechten, Aaron Douglas, April 10, 1933, photograph, Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University Aaron Douglas, widely acknowledged as one of the most accomplished and influential visual artists of the Harlem Renaissance, was born in Topeka, Kansas, on May 26, 1899.

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   How did Aaron Douglas influence African-American Art?

   • It is revolting." In both his style and his subjects, Aaron Douglas revolutionized African-American art. A leader within the Harlem Renaissance, Douglas created a broad range of work that helped to shape this movement and bring it to national prominence.

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   Why did Douglas write 'new Negroes'?

   • With this narrative, Douglas offered "New Negroes" a collective narrative by which they could define themselves, their origins, their futures, and perhaps even their own version of the American dream.

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   Who influenced Douglas & how did he influence African American music?

   • This point of view is seconded by arts professors Deborah Johnson and Wendy Oliver who write, "The only other influence on Douglas that featured as significantly as Africa was jazz, and he both wrote about and painted the jazz musician as a kind of modern African American messiah."

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