Aaron Douglas was an African-American painter and graphic artist who played a leading role in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s. He is sometimes referred to as “the father of black American art.”
Aaron Douglas
Aaron Douglas, Aspiration, 1936. Oil on canvas, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
Aaron Douglas, Into Bondage, 1936. Oil on canvas 60 3/8 x 60 1/2 in. (153.4 x 153.7 cm) Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.