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Banc de tournesols
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Print - 56.7 x 85 x 0.1 cm Print - 22.3 x 33.5 x 0 inch
$447
Mahumbi girl with ungava hairstyle variation. Humbi. Angola
Faie Davis
Photography - 61 x 58.5 x 26 cm Photography - 24 x 23 x 10.2 inch
$975
Binti mrembo (beautiful girl)
Mosoti Kepha
Sculpture - 48.5 x 31 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 19.1 x 12.2 x 1 inch
$2,113
Maman Monument Vivant
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$6,708
Learning new dancing styles
James Mutisya
Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$224
Skull (after)
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
$615
The Blues Band II giclée art print
Angu Walters
Print - 69 x 96 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.2 x 37.8 x 0 inch
$350
L'amoureuse
Koffi Mounou Désiré
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$4,472
Line Obsession
Delphine Diallo
Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,075
Hausa and Fula cultures collide
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,652
Nuer reflections
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,051
Karo celebration preparation
Faie Davis
Photography - 35 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$980
Life a Journey
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 59 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 23.2 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$6,708
Himba mother and child
Faie Davis
Photography - 113.6 x 81.6 x 0.25 cm Photography - 44.7 x 32.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
Mursi teenager
Faie Davis
Photography - 89.4 x 63 x 0.25 cm Photography - 35.2 x 24.8 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
Karo Celebration preparation
Faie Davis
Photography - 40 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$980
Amongst the camels
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,577
My Best Friend VIII painting from Africa
Angu Walters
Painting - 80 x 64 x 0.1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 25.2 x 0 inch
$1,500
Tuareg vision of intensity
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,048
ua langu (my flower)
Mosoti Kepha
Sculpture - 48 x 32 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 12.6 x 1 inch
$2,113
Citoyen du monde
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 200 x 230 x 3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 90.6 x 1.2 inch
$22,695
Château Rouge
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 97 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$11,180
Nianga, le mouton habillé en Louis Vuitton et sa friperie
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 260 x 210 x 3 cm Painting - 102.4 x 82.7 x 1.2 inch
$26,195
Himba Beauty
Faie Davis
Photography - 85.8 x 76.8 x 0.25 cm Photography - 33.8 x 30.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
Essoua
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 210 x 280 x 2 cm Painting - 82.7 x 110.2 x 0.8 inch
$25,714
Le sacré coeur
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 216 x 278 x 2 cm Painting - 85 x 109.4 x 0.8 inch
$25,714
Waiting for the rain in Wamba
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,048
At the heart of Huile
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,051
Young Hamer Woman
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,255
Lion of the Kalahari
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,255
Fula Nomad at Golondi
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,255
Fulani Bapteme Ceremony
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,255
Overseeing Merille
John Kenny
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,108
Rendille Mother and Child
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,051
Beads of the Omo Valley
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,051
Lady of the Arbore
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,051
The pure Wodaabe
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,255
At the edge of the Jade Sea
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,255
Afar woman of Assaita
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,817
kijana shujaa (young warrior)
Mosoti Kepha
Sculpture - 49 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 12 x 1 inch
$2,113
Kipusa (gorgeous)
Mosoti Kepha
Sculpture - 48.5 x 31 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 19.1 x 12.2 x 1 inch
$2,113
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.