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1914 New York City - 2005 Brooklyn, New York. Known for: African-American figure, political genre.
A Harlem-Renaissance painter focused on social injustices before the successes of the civil rights movement, Ernest Crichlow had his studio and home in Brooklyn, New York, his birthplace. Many of his... Read full biography
A Harlem-Renaissance painter focused on social injustices before the successes of the civil rights movement, Ernest Crichlow had his studio and home in Brooklyn, New York, his birthplace. Many of his paintings became highly controversial such as Lovers (1938), which depicted a Ku Klux Klan member... Read full biography
A Harlem-Renaissance painter focused on social injustices before the successes of the civil rights movement, Ernest Crichlow had his studio and home in Brooklyn, New York, his birthplace. Many of his paintings became highly controversial such as Lovers (1938), which depicted a Ku Klux Klan member raping a black woman, and The Flag, a scene with an American flag behind a black woman on a cross. He was criticized for focusing too much attention on serious African-American issues, but believed it... Read full biography
A Harlem-Renaissance painter focused on social injustices before the successes of the civil rights movement, Ernest Crichlow had his studio and home in Brooklyn, New York, his birthplace. Many of his paintings became highly controversial such as Lovers (1938), which depicted a Ku Klux Klan member raping a black woman, and The Flag, a scene with an American flag behind a black woman on a cross. He was criticized for focusing too much attention on serious African-American issues, but believed it was the expression that best represented him. He said: "This is the thing that I feel most at home with". Crichlow's parents were from Barbados, and he had eight brothers and sisters. As a high-school student, he was influenced by Black-American... Read full biography
A Harlem-Renaissance painter focused on social injustices before the successes of the civil rights movement, Ernest Crichlow had his studio and home in Brooklyn, New York, his birthplace. Many of his paintings became highly controversial such as Lovers (1938), which depicted a Ku Klux Klan member raping a black woman, and The Flag, a scene with an American flag behind a black woman on a cross. He was criticized for focusing too much attention on serious African-American issues, but believed it was the expression that best represented him. He said: "This is the thing that I feel most at home with". Crichlow's parents were from Barbados, and he had eight brothers and sisters. As a high-school student, he was influenced by Black-American sculptor Augusta Savage, who had a studio in Harlem, which was a gathering place for artists.&n... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho 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)Black Art and Culture in the 20th Century
1997Powell, Richard J256 pages (color)African American Art
1994
(Exhibition catalog)San Antonio Museum of Art67 pages (color)American Paintings/Brooklyn Museum Complete Illustrated Listing of Works
1979Brooklyn Museum133 pages (color)Art & Ethnics Background for Teaching Youth in a Pluralistic Society
1977Grigsby, Eugene Jr.147 pagesNew Deal for Art: The Government Art Projects of the 1930s
1977
(Exhibition catalog)Park, Marlene/Gerald Markowitz172 pagesAmistad II Afro-American Art
1975
(Exhibition catalog)Driskell, David C92 pagesSmithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975Editor, Smithsonian0 pagesAfro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory
1973Cederholm, Theresa Dickason348 pagesThe Negro in Art
1971Locke, Alain224 pagesAfro-American Artists New York and Boston
1970
(Exhibition catalog)National Cent/Afro-Am Artists80 pagesAmerican Negro Art
1960Dover, Cedric186 pages (color)