Aaron Douglas
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Power Plant, Harlem by Aaron Douglas. Oil. 1939.
Aaron Douglas (born May 26, 1900 in Topeka, Kansas - died February 3, 1979), was a U.S. painter and a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Douglas received his B.F.A. degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1922. He based his style on traditional African styles and broke down figures into geometric objects. Douglas was often called the "Father of African-American art."
References
- "Douglas, Aaron" in American National Biography, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999). 6:789-790.
- Aaron Douglas: art, race, and the Harlem Renaissance, (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1995) by Amy Hellene Kirschke.
- Myers,Aaron. "Douglass, Aaron." _Microsoft Encarta Referance Library 2002._ CD-ROM. 2002 ed. Redmond: Microsoft, 2001.es:Aaron Douglas