Aaron Douglas

E298390

Aaron Douglas was a pioneering African American painter and illustrator whose work became central to the visual identity of the Harlem Renaissance.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Aaron Douglas canonical 9

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf African American artist
illustrator
painter
person
activeIn Harlem
surface form: Harlem, New York City

Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
surface form: Nashville, Tennessee
birthDate 1899-05-26
birthPlace Topeka, Kansas
surface form: Topeka, Kansas, United States
contributedTo visual identity of the Harlem Renaissance
deathDate 1979-02-03
deathPlace Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
surface form: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
educatedAt Teachers College, Columbia University
surface form: Columbia University Teachers College

University of Kansas
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
ethnicity African American
familyName Douglas
field graphic art
illustration
painting
genre African American history in art
historical painting
givenName Aaron
influencedBy African art
Ancient Egyptian art
surface form: Egyptian art

Harlem Renaissance
surface form: Harlem Renaissance writers

Winold Reiss
knownFor illustrations central to the visual identity of the Harlem Renaissance
murals depicting African and African American history
pioneering African American modernist painting
use of silhouetted figures and geometric forms
movement Harlem Renaissance
name Aaron Douglas self-link
nationality American
notableWork Aspects of Negro Life (mural series)
Illustrations for Crisis magazine
Illustrations for Opportunity magazine
The New Negro (anthology)
surface form: Illustrations for The New Negro
occupation art educator
illustrator
muralist
painter
positionHeld founding chair of the art department at Fisk University
residence Harlem
surface form: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States
style Art Deco–influenced style
modernism
synthetic cubism influences
subjectOf studies of Harlem Renaissance visual culture
workedAt Fisk University

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fire!! (magazine) founder Aaron Douglas
Fire!! (magazine) hasContributor Aaron Douglas
Fire!! (magazine) hasIllustrator Aaron Douglas
Wallace Thurman collaboratedWith Aaron Douglas
Fisk University hasNotableFaculty Aaron Douglas
God’s Trombones hasIllustrator Aaron Douglas
Aaron Douglas name Aaron Douglas self-link
Fire!! notableContributor Aaron Douglas
Fire!! artDirector Aaron Douglas