Artist Reception, 1959

Collection:: Atlanta University Photographs
Title:: Artist Reception, 1959
Date of Original:: 1959
Subject:: African American universities and colleges
African American arts
African American artists
Art
Portraits
Special events
Location:: United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
Medium:: black-and-white photographs
Type:: Still Image
Format:: image/jpeg
Description:: Men and women talk at the annual art exhibition.
On April 19, 1942, the painter and printmaker Hale Woodruff instituted an annual juried competition in Atlanta, Georgia, entitled Exhibitions of Paintings, Sculpture, and Prints by Negro Artists in America. Drawing upon his intimate knowledge of the exhibitions organized by the Harmon Foundation, as well as his experiences with artistic communities in France, Mexico, and various parts of the United States, he created a national forum for artists of African descent that included a cash prize and critical feedback about their work. The Atlanta University Annual, as the competition came to be known, lasted until 1970 and resulted in the development of a significant collection of twentieth-century African American art that is currently held at Clark Atlanta University. Nine hundred artists participated, and 291 of their works were purchased. These works comprise the core strength of Clark Atlanta University's permanent collection, which now totals 1,220 objects.
External Identifiers:
Metadata URL:: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.001:0436
Additional Rights Information:: All works in this collection either are protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: archives@auctr.edu with the web URL or handle identification number.
Original Collection:: Atlanta University Photographs
Holding Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
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