Here follow many of my favorite painters, illustrators and photographers. This comprehensive list
was lovingly compiled—be sure to click on the images or names to see and learn more. Enjoy! ∞
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Archive for the 'African-Americans' CategoryArtSunday: AmalgamPosted on January 24, 2010 by Mike Sheehan under Africa, African-Americans, ArtSunday, Arts, Literature & Culture, Comics & Graphic Novels, Latinos, Nature, Photography, art, culture, philosophy, popular culture, women [ Comments: 8 ]
Hurt so good: The hundredth anniversary of the birth of a blues greatPosted on November 28, 2009 by Russ Wellen under African-Americans, Arts, Literature & Culture, music [ Comments: 4 ]
Tomorrow marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of America’s foremost blues musicians. . . that you probably never heard of. He was born Robert Lee McCollum in Helena, Arkansas on November 30, 1909, but blues aficionados know him as Robert Nighthawk. “In many ways,” writes an anonymous author at the site Sunday Blues,” Nighthawk was the archetype of the classic bluesman spending his entire adult life rambling all over the South [where he was popular] with frequent trips to the North playing a never ending string of one nighters punctuated by sporadic recording dates. … Nighthawk influenced a generation of artists including Elmore James, Muddy Waters, B.B. King and particularly Earl Hooker.” Full Story » |
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