We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s–1970s

We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s–1970s was an art exhibition held at the Woodmere Art Museum from September 26, 2015 through January 24, 2016. It included artists from Philadelphia who were active from the 1920s through the 1970s. Many of those artists were involved with the Pyramid Club and other local organizations. The exhibit included paintings, photographs, prints, drawings and sculpture from the New Negro movement of the 1920s, the Works Progress Administration print works of the 1930s and the Civil rights era.

Artists The following artists were included in the show:

James Atkins Roland Ayers James Brantley Benjamin Britt Moe Brooker Samuel J. Brown Barbara Bullock Selma Burke Donald Eugene Camp Barbara Chase-Riboud Laura Williams Chassot (b. 1942) Claude C.F. Clark Louise Clement–Hoff Reba Dickerson-Hill Aaron Douglas John E. Dowell Jr. James Dupree Allan L. Edmunds Walter Edmonds Allan R. Freelon, Sr. Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller Reginald Gammon John T. Harris Barkley L. Hendricks Humbert L. Howard Edward Ellis Hughes Charles Jay, (b. 1947) LeRoy Johnson Martina Johnson-Allen Edward Jones (b. 1942) Ida Jones Paul F. Keene Jr. Columbus Knox Edward L. Loper Sr. John W. Mosley Jerry Pinkney Horace Pippin Charles Aaron Pridgen Raymond Saunders Charles Searles Twins Seven Seven Louis Sloan Raymond Steth Henry Ossawa Tanner Dox Thrash Ellen Powell Tiberino Laura Wheeler Waring Howard Watson Richard J. Watson Deborah Willis

References

External links We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s–1970s includes video interviews of the artists We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s–1970s catalogue online