Sound of Silence
Type:Print
Year:1978
Size:25.00" x 34.50"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Signed
Notes:
Lithograph on cream paper signed, titled with T/P (ed.71) Provenance: The Collection of the James T. Parker Art Trust
Charles Wilbert White ART FOR SALE
1918 Chicago, Illinois - 1979 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Black-American figure and genre and mural painting.
The following, submitted June 2005, is from Charlotte Sherman, exhibition catalogue biographer of the artist. Charles Wilbert White was an artist of his people. He always insisted upon the dignity of... Read full biography
The following, submitted June 2005, is from Charlotte Sherman, exhibition catalogue biographer of the artist. Charles Wilbert White was an artist of his people. He always insisted upon the dignity of the individual and respect for the human being. As a spiritual product of his race and environment,... Read full biography
The following, submitted June 2005, is from Charlotte Sherman, exhibition catalogue biographer of the artist. Charles Wilbert White was an artist of his people. He always insisted upon the dignity of the individual and respect for the human being. As a spiritual product of his race and environment, he reflected the fact that his grandfather was a slave in Mississippi and his mother had lived most of her life in the South, where little had changed from her father's day. His respect for men,... Read full biography
The following, submitted June 2005, is from Charlotte Sherman, exhibition catalogue biographer of the artist. Charles Wilbert White was an artist of his people. He always insisted upon the dignity of the individual and respect for the human being. As a spiritual product of his race and environment, he reflected the fact that his grandfather was a slave in Mississippi and his mother had lived most of her life in the South, where little had changed from her father's day. His respect for men, women and children was apparent in this search for the meaning of truth in terms of the daily life and the beauty that can be found through his drawings, paintings and prints. A warm understanding of the meaning of existence, man's aspirations and... Read full biography
The following, submitted June 2005, is from Charlotte Sherman, exhibition catalogue biographer of the artist. Charles Wilbert White was an artist of his people. He always insisted upon the dignity of the individual and respect for the human being. As a spiritual product of his race and environment, he reflected the fact that his grandfather was a slave in Mississippi and his mother had lived most of her life in the South, where little had changed from her father's day. His respect for men, women and children was apparent in this search for the meaning of truth in terms of the daily life and the beauty that can be found through his drawings, paintings and prints. A warm understanding of the meaning of existence, man's aspirations and sorrows, his inner spirit, but above all his dignity, form the central core of Charles White's love affair with life. He is quoted as saying, "... Read full biography
Charles Wilbert White - Art for Sale (4 available)
Sound of Silence II
Type:Print
Year:1978
Size:25.00" x 35.25"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Signed and Dated
Edition:9/71
Notes:
In 1974, Charles White became the second artist to be elected Academician of the National Academy of Design. (Henry Tanner was the first, when he was elected in 1927.) The National Academy is the oldest art organization in America.
Gideon
Type:Print
Year:1951
Size:20.00" x 13.50"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Signed and Dated
Edition:30
Notes:
Lithograph on cream wove paper, full margins, signed and dated in plate, titled in pencil lower right with "ed. 30" Please reach out for additional information/photos
Exodus I: Black Moses (Harriet Tubman)
Type:Print
Year:1949
Medium:Linocut
Notes:
1949 linocut on paper 21-1/2 x 19-1/2 inches initialed in the plate Pricing available upon request.