Anyone Can Fly Foundation's List of Masters of African American Art (born 1765-1920)

Masters of African American Art (born 1765-1920)
1700s
Joshua Johnston
Painter
1765-1830

1800s

Martha Erskine Ricks
Quilt Maker
ca. 1817-1901

Robert S. Duncanson
Painter
1823-1872

Edward M. Bannister
Painter
1828-1901

Harriet Powers
Quilt Maker
1837-1911

Edmonia Lewis
Sculptor
1845-1911

Henry Ossawa Tanner
Painter
1859-1936

William Edmonson
Sculptor
1874-1951

Meta Warrick Fuller
Sculptor
1877-1968

James Van Der Zee
Photographer
1886-1983

Laura Wheeler Waring
Painter
1887-1948

Horace Pippin
Painter
1888-1946

Sargent Johnson
Sculptor
1888-1967

Archibald J. Motley
Painter
1891-1981

Augusta Savage
Sculptor
1892-1962

Minnie Evans
Folk Painter
1892-1987

Palmer C. Hayden
Painter
1893-1973

Alma W. Thomas
Painter
1896-1978

Aaron Douglas
Painter
1899-1979


1900s
Hale A. Woodruff
Painter
1900-1980

Selma Burke
Sculptor
1900-1995

William H. Johnson
Painter
1901-1970

Beauford Delaney
Painter
1901-1979

Richmond Barthe
Sculptor
1901-1989

James Lesesne Wells
Painter
1902-1989

Lois Mailou Jones
Painter
1905-1998

Charles Alston
Painter
1907-1977

Norman Lewis
Painter
1909-1979

Allan Rohan Crite
Painter
1910-2007

Romare Bearden
Painter
1914-1988

Hughie Lee Smith
Painter
1915-1999

Elizabeth Catlett
Sculptor
1915-

Eldzier Cortor
Painter
1916-

Jacob Lawrence
Painter
1917-2000

Charles White
Painter
1918-1979

Roy De Carava
Photographer
1919-

Robert Blackburn
Print Maker
1920-2003