Tag: First Black abstract expressionist

• Why isn’t Norman Lewis famous?

  

  The first American art movement to achieve global recognition promised limitless artistic freedom. But limitless for whom? How many Black Abstract Expressionists can you name?

  Diane Tucker

  2023-01-16

  Art appreciation, Black American artists, Modern Art, Social and Political Struggles, The Shy Museumgoer

  Arts writer Diane Tucker, Black Abstract Expressionists, First Black abstract expressionist, Norman Lewis paintings, Norman Lewis: Evening Rendezvous (1962), Norman Lewis: Johnny the Wanderer (1933), Norman Lewis: Untitled (Alabama) analysis