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
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Books & Publications (46)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Chicago Modern 1893-1945: Pursuit of the New (Exhibition catalog)
2004
Kennedy, Elizabeth (Editor)
176 pages (color)
Charles White
2003
Barnwell, Andrea
128 pages (color)
At Work: The Art of California Labor (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Johnson, Mark Dean
154 pages (color)
With an Eye and a Passion: Selections from The Marion Collection
2003
Sherman, Charlotte (Essay)
38 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Collecting African American Art Works on Paper and Canvas
1998
Taha, Halima
270 pages (color)
Black Art and Culture in the 20th Century
1997
Powell, Richard J
256 pages (color)
Eyes of the Nation A Visual History of the United States
1997
Virga, Vincent/Alan Brinkley
400 pages (color)
African American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1994
San Antonio Museum of Art
67 pages (color)
A History-African-American Artists From 1792 to the Present
1993
Bearden, Romare/Harry Henderson
542 pages (color)
South of the Border Mexico in the American Imagination, 1914-1947
1993
Oles, James/Karen Reiman
296 pages (color)
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
An American Collection Paintings and Sculpture from the NAD (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Gerdts, Abigail Booth
208 pages (color)
African American Artists 1880-1987 Selections from the Evans-Tibbs Collection
1989
McElroy, Guy C (others)
125 pages (color)
Drawn from Tradition: American Drawings and Watercolors: From the Collection of Susan and Herbert Adler, Neuberger Museum (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Weber, Bruce
185 pages (color)
Hidden Heritage: Afro-American Art, 1800-1950, San Francisco Art Assoc. (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Driskell, David
0 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Twentieth Century American Drawin from the Arkansas Arts Center (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Glover, John/Townsend Wolfe
95 pages
The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum
1984
Orr-Cahill, Christina
199 pages (color)
Critical Vision/A Historyof Social and Political Art in the U S
1982
Von Blum, Paul
165 pages
American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
1981
Newark Museum
431 pages (color)
The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art
1981
Osborne, Harold
656 pages (color)
Los Angeles Prints 1883-1980 (Exhibition catalog)
1980
Feinblatt, Ebria/Bruce Davis
111 pages
American Drawing A Guide to Information Sources
1979
Doumato, Lamia
246 pages
Art: African American
1978
Lewis, Samella
246 pages (color)
Two Centuries of Black American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Driskell, David C
221 pages (color)
American Drawings & Watercolors from the Collection Susan and Herbert Adler (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Gerdts, William H; Jeffrey Hoffeld
82 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
Amistad II Afro-American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Driskell, David C
92 pages
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
0 pages
The Art Students League of New York Anniversarly Exhibition 100 Artists, Kennedy Galleries (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Fleischman, Lawrence A.(Intro); Lawrence Campbell (Foreward)
284 pages
Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection
1974
Baur, John I H
235 pages (color)
The New Humanism Art in a Time of Change
1974
Schwartz, Barry
192 pages (color)
Afro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory
1973
Cederholm, Theresa Dickason
348 pages
The Afro-American Artist A Search for Identity
1973
Fine, Elsa Honig
310 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1973
1973
Jaques Cattell Press
927 pages
Black Dimensions in Contemporary American Art
1971
Atkinson, J Edward
127 pages (color)
Contemporary Black Artists in America (Whitney Museum of American Art) (Exhibition catalog)
1971
Doty, Robert
64 pages (color)
Seventeen Black Artists
1971
Fax, Elton C
306 pages
The Indignant Eye The Artist as Social Critic (15th Cen to Picasso)
1969
Shikes, Ralph E
439 pages
Images of Dignity The Drawings of Charles White
1967
Horowitz, Benjamin
121 pages
Art and Life in America Revised and Enlarged Edition