Internet Sites

ArtCyclopedia: The Fine Art Search Engine

Provides links to websites with further information about artists ranging from Joshua Johnson to painters born in the 1960s.

The Papers of African American Artists, Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian archives contain the personal papers and some tape-recorded interviews with more than fifty African American painters, sculptors, and printmakers from the late 19th century to the present.

Tour: Selected African American Artists at the National Gallery of Art

Features eight artists from Joshua Johnson to Alma Thomas and Jacob Lawrence; includes short biographies, bibliographies, and representative images of their work.

Books

	A History of African-American Artists  : From 1792 to the Present     Bearden, Romare Written by great African American artist Romare Bearden with journalist Harry Henderson; includes 420 black-and-white illustrations and 61 color reproductions. Call Number: N6538. N5 B38 1993 q Check this item in our catalog
	African American Art and Artists      3rd ed., rev. and expanded Lewis, Samella A history of African American art with artist biographies and large color pictures. Call Number: N6538. N5 L38 1990 q Check this item in our catalog
	Black Art  : A Cultural History     2nd ed Powell, Richard A history of African American art and its cultural context. Contains 192 illustrations, 39 in color. Call Number: N6538. N5 P64 2003 Check this item in our catalog
	Rhapsodies in Black  : Art of the Harlem Renaissance     Bailey, et al Catalog from a touring exhibition of Harlem Renaissance art. Includes essays by leading art historians and large color and black and white reproductions of artworks from the exhibition. Call Number: N6538. N5 R56 1997 q Check this item in our catalog

Databases

African-American History and Culture

This electronic encyclopedia includes thousand of entries covering the entire breadth of African-American history - from African beginnings through the slave trade and the Civil Rights Movement to the present. Entries are organized into five sections: Biographies, Encyclopedia, Historical Documents, Gallery and Maps and Charts. Each entry is cross-referenced through hyperlinks and searchable by topic, by historical era, and by keyword.

maintained by the staff of the African American Department, State Library Resource Center, Enoch Pratt Free Library