Digital Documentary Series: Study of Negro Artists, by Jules V. D. Bucher

Digital Documentary Series:
Study of Negro Artists, by Jules V. D. Bucher

African American Artists
African American Artists at Work
African American silent films
African American art
African American photography
African American literature

Silent film in black and white on four reels covering the 1930s African American visual artists during the Harlem Renaissance: New York , NY, Black Cultural Art Scenes.

Film Series By Jules V. D. Bucher

An example of the New Black (Negro) Arts movement associated with the Harlem Renaissance.

Digitizing Sponsor: Harmon Foundation

1930s Era highlighting the development of African-American fine arts. Film Release in 1936.

Art in the Negro Schools , A Part of the Negro Education for American Living series.

Public Domain | Unrestricted

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Benjamin Spurgeon Kitchin Malvin Gray Johnson Georgette Seabrooke William Ellisworth Artis New York Public Library exhibit

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Review of the artistic achievements of African Americans. Among the artists profiled are Aaron Douglas, Richmond Barthe, James Allen, and Georgette Seabrook. Also spotlighted is an exhibition of African American art at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

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Delphic Studios, New York City Suzanna Ocunjami studio Pastor Argudin y Pedroso, Cuban artist's opening in New York Children looking at art Art hanging in homes of "prominent Negroes" Whitney Museum of American Art.

Video

English

Silent Film
Documentary

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Art in the Negro Schools was part of the sponsor’s Negro Education for American Living series. The foundation provided funds for parks, established the Religious Film Association, improved educational opportunities for African Americans, and fostered awareness of African and African American art.