The following biography is based on information provided to AskART.com by Hassie Bannarn Betz, daughter of the artist:. Henry W. Bannarn was born in Wetumpka, Hughes County, Oklahoma on July 17,... Read full biography
The following biography is based on information provided to AskART.com by Hassie Bannarn Betz, daughter of the artist:. Henry W. Bannarn was born in Wetumpka, Hughes County, Oklahoma on July 17, 1910. When he was still a very young child, the family moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota. He died on... Read full biography
The following biography is based on information provided to AskART.com by Hassie Bannarn Betz, daughter of the artist:. Henry W. Bannarn was born in Wetumpka, Hughes County, Oklahoma on July 17, 1910. When he was still a very young child, the family moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota. He died on September 20, 1965 in Brooklyn, New York. His favorite subjects were related to the American negro and the struggle for equality and justice. Some of his subjects were Frederick Douglass, John Brown,... Read full biography
The following biography is based on information provided to AskART.com by Hassie Bannarn Betz, daughter of the artist:. Henry W. Bannarn was born in Wetumpka, Hughes County, Oklahoma on July 17, 1910. When he was still a very young child, the family moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota. He died on September 20, 1965 in Brooklyn, New York. His favorite subjects were related to the American negro and the struggle for equality and justice. Some of his subjects were Frederick Douglass, John Brown, Richard B. Harrison, Matthew Henson - heroes of his time and before. He also chose to sculpt lynch victims and midwives. His art was strongly rooted in his social conscience throughout his life. He was well known for his work with wood, stone, oil and... Read full biography
The following biography is based on information provided to AskART.com by Hassie Bannarn Betz, daughter of the artist:. Henry W. Bannarn was born in Wetumpka, Hughes County, Oklahoma on July 17, 1910. When he was still a very young child, the family moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota. He died on September 20, 1965 in Brooklyn, New York. His favorite subjects were related to the American negro and the struggle for equality and justice. Some of his subjects were Frederick Douglass, John Brown, Richard B. Harrison, Matthew Henson - heroes of his time and before. He also chose to sculpt lynch victims and midwives. His art was strongly rooted in his social conscience throughout his life. He was well known for his work with wood, stone, oil and water color. His watercolors were brilliant and powerful. Much of his work can be described as falling into the modern/ab... Read full biography
Henry Wilmer Bannarn - Artist Info
About Henry Wilmer Bannarn: Books
Books & Publications (12)
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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
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
St. James Guide to Black Artists: Published in Association with Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
1997
Riggs, Thomas (Editor); Howard Dobson (Preface)
625 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Black Folk Art in America, 1930-1980 (Corcoran Gallery of Art) (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Livingston, Jane/J Beardsley
186 pages (color)
The Neglected Generation of American Realist Painters, 1930-48 Wichita Art Museum Exhibition, May 3-June 14, 1981 (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Wooden, Howard E. (Text)
64 pages (color)
Afro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory
1973
Cederholm, Theresa Dickason
348 pages
The Negro in Art
1971
Locke, Alain
224 pages
Negro Art
1957
Dover, Cedric
0 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index