Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics, and scholarship that took place in Harlem, Manhattan, New York, in the 1920s and 1930s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement," named after The New Negro, an anthology published in 1925 by Alain Locke. The movement also included the new African American cultural expressions in the urban areas of the Northeast and Midwest of the United States, affected by a resurgence of activism in the general fight for civil rights, combined with the Great Migration of African American workers fleeing the racist conditions of the Jim Crow Deep South, with Harlem being the final destination for the largest number of those who migrated north.

Although centered in the Harlem neighborhood, many French-speaking Black writers from the African and Caribbean colonies who lived in Paris were also influenced by the movement, which lasted from about 1918 until the mid-1930s, with many of its ideas lasting much longer. The Harlem Renaissance is seen as a renaissance of African American arts. This movement has been linked by many cultural theoreticians as an extended cultural force in the United States through the decades: from the age of stride piano jazz and blues to the ages of bebop, rock and roll, soul, disco, and hip-hop.

Artsper showcases the work of many artists furthering this movement of Black artistry. Discover the work of Jacob Lawrence, Aaron Douglas, Kara Walker or Lorna Simpson, to name a few artists who partook or followed in the movement's footsteps.

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Addicted to Fashion

Banc de tournesols

Banjo Players II

Trumpet Painting YP x JM Basquiat

Untitled III (from The Figure portfolio)

Kashi

Mahumbi girl with ungava hairstyle variation. Humbi. Angola

The Blues Band II giclée art print

Binti mrembo (beautiful girl)

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Nianga, le mouton habillé en Louis Vuitton et sa friperie

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Take a Green Breath

Blowing Headache

Supernatural

Moungo

The Couple II

My Best Friend VIII painting from Africa

Sanza Player

Prayer II

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Equals Pi YP x JM Basquiat

Hausa and Fula cultures collide

My Love IV

All Heads Together XI

Music is Love VI

Back to illusion

Mynga

Amongst the camels

Dansho

Twin

Self portrait

Assile

Karo Celebration preparation

Family

Nuer reflections

Untitled (Head) YP x JM Basquiat

Malasso

The Talking Drummer IV

The Drummer and Flutist 4 painting from Africa

The Flutist VI

The Blues Band II

My Best Friend

New Born II giclée art print

Himba mother and child

Karo party person

Mursi teenager

Karo celebration preparation

Twin 2 painting from Africa

New Born II

The Happy Family XXI

The Happy Family V

Faces VIII

Born-House Twin

Bravo

Three on One

The Happy Villagers IV

The Drummer XI

Dialogue IV

To the Market VI

Family IV an African portrait

Fishes III

Dancers III