American Abstract and Figurative Expressionism Style is Timely Art is Timeless
2009Herskovic, Marika
252 pages (color)
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1907 Charlotte, North Carolina - 1977. Known for: Abstract expressionist painting, portraits, lithography, murals.
Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Charles Alston was a long-time instructor at the Art Students League of New York and was known for his grasp of abstract design and his ability to express in his... Read full biography
Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Charles Alston was a long-time instructor at the Art Students League of New York and was known for his grasp of abstract design and his ability to express in his artwork the social forces that where shaping America at that time. His mediums were painting,... Read full biography
Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Charles Alston was a long-time instructor at the Art Students League of New York and was known for his grasp of abstract design and his ability to express in his artwork the social forces that where shaping America at that time. His mediums were painting, sculpture, and murals, and his mural titled Man on the Threshold of Space, is at the Harriet Tubman School and another, Emerging Man, is at the Harlem Hospital, both in New York. Charles Alston earned his... Read full biography
Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Charles Alston was a long-time instructor at the Art Students League of New York and was known for his grasp of abstract design and his ability to express in his artwork the social forces that where shaping America at that time. His mediums were painting, sculpture, and murals, and his mural titled Man on the Threshold of Space, is at the Harriet Tubman School and another, Emerging Man, is at the Harlem Hospital, both in New York. Charles Alston earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees at Columbia, University, and in 1930, received the Arthur Wesley Dow Fellowship. From 1950, he began several decades of teaching at the Art Students League and was also a member of the National Society of Mural Painters. In 1958,... Read full biography
Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Charles Alston was a long-time instructor at the Art Students League of New York and was known for his grasp of abstract design and his ability to express in his artwork the social forces that where shaping America at that time. His mediums were painting, sculpture, and murals, and his mural titled Man on the Threshold of Space, is at the Harriet Tubman School and another, Emerging Man, is at the Harlem Hospital, both in New York. Charles Alston earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees at Columbia, University, and in 1930, received the Arthur Wesley Dow Fellowship. From 1950, he began several decades of teaching at the Art Students League and was also a member of the National Society of Mural Painters. In 1958, he was a U.S. representative to the Brussels Worlds Fair and in 1967 was appointed to the Advisory Board of the Nationa... Read full biography
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesAmerican Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s: An Illustrated Survey
2003Herskovic, Marika (editor)372 pages (color)African American Art and Artists
2003Lewis, Samella340 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesThe Art Students League of New York A History (Teachers)
1999Steiner, Raymond J0 pagesCollecting African American Art Works on Paper and Canvas
1998Taha, Halima270 pages (color)St. James Guide to Black Artists: Published in Association with Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
1997Riggs, Thomas (Editor); Howard Dobson (Preface)625 pagesGreenville County Museum of Art The Southern Collection
1995Severens, Martha R289 pages (color)African American Art
1994
(Exhibition catalog)San Antonio Museum of Art67 pages (color)A History-African-American Artists From 1792 to the Present
1993Bearden, Romare/Harry Henderson542 pages (color)Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1989
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)538 pagesAfrican American Artists 1880-1987 Selections from the Evans-Tibbs Collection
1989McElroy, Guy C (others)125 pages (color)Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987Cummings, Paul653 pagesMantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986Opitz, Glenn B (editor)1,081 pagesNational Portrait Gallery Collection Illustrated Checklist
1985Smithsonian Institution461 pagesDictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984Opitz, Glenn B (editor)656 pagesMural Painting in New York City: Under the WPA Federal Art Project
1978Berman, Greta300 pagesArt: African American
1978Lewis, Samella246 pages (color)Art & Ethnics Background for Teaching Youth in a Pluralistic Society
1977Grigsby, Eugene Jr.147 pagesTwo Centuries of Black American Art
1976
(Exhibition catalog)Driskell, David C221 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976Jaques Cattell Press756 pagesSmithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975Editor, Smithsonian0 pagesThe Art Students League of New York Anniversarly Exhibition 100 Artists, Kennedy Galleries
1975
(Exhibition catalog)Fleischman, Lawrence A.(Intro); Lawrence Campbell (Foreward)284 pagesWhitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection
1974Baur, John I H235 pages (color)Afro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory
1973Cederholm, Theresa Dickason348 pagesThe Afro-American Artist A Search for Identity
1973Fine, Elsa Honig310 pages (color)The Negro in Art
1971Locke, Alain224 pagesSocial Studies: The Art of Black America, Part One
1970Alston, Charles Henry; Romare Bearden; Allan Rohan Crite, et all0 pages (color)Profile: Art and Artists in the USA on the Occasion of 4th Congress ...
1963International Assoc. of Art119 pagesAmerican Negro Art
1960Dover, Cedric186 pages (color)American Painting Today 1950 A National Competitive Exhibition
1950
(Exhibition catalog)Metropolitan Museum of Art60 pagesModern Negro Art
1943Porter, James A272 pagesNegro Artists: An Illustrated Review of Their Achievements
1935
(Exhibition catalog)Harmon Foundation60 pages