Aaron Douglas isn't an artist we hear much about these days, except in classes in African American art history. But the work of this once well-known Harlem Renaissance illustrator and painter has ...

Aaron Douglas had been making powerful murals for almost a decade when he created “Into Bondage,” a painting now at the National Gallery of Art.Douglas (1899-1979) was one of the most ...

Aaron Douglas, the son of a baker and a homemaker in Topeka, Kansas, enrolled in the fine arts program at the University of Nebraska in 1918. After graduation, he taught high school art in Kansas ...

The Nevada Museum of Art today opened two major exhibitions that celebrate the spirit of American resilience — Dorothea Lange: Seeing People and When Langston Hughes Came to Town. The Harlem ...

In “The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism,” a sprawling exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was a watercolor still life by Aaron Douglas.

Aaron Douglas' nieces celebrate his life during annual art fair Douglas, leading artist of the Harlem Renaissance, recalled as 'Uncle Doug' ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art mounts an almost overwhelmingly ambitious exhibition focused on black art from the 1920s through the ’40s.

A native of Topeka, Kansas, artist Aaron Douglas has been described as "the father of black American art." KCUR's Laura Spencer reports on the first work… ...

Visitors could take in all types of art and live music. It was held to honor Aaron Douglas, a Topeka native who is considered the father of the Harlem Renaissance.

The influence of Aaron Douglas was splashed across a long stretch of canvas in the middle of the art room at Liberty Memorial Central Middle School. Bright colors, silhouettes, bold geometric ...

One of the art colonies featured in this year's Pageant is New York's Harlem Renaissance, a cultural movement that celebrated art and African American culture in the 1920s and 30s.