History of Art

Black Studies Center is a fully cross-searchable gateway to historical and current material for researching the past, present and future of African-Americans, the wider African Diaspora, and Africa itself. It includes scholarly essays, periodical articles, historical newspaper articles, images, video clips, a detailed timeline, and more from the following resources: Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP) Full Text (1902-1990, 1998- ), The Chicago Defender historical backfile (1909-1975), and Black Literature Index (1827-1940).

Provides indexing for 127 currently published scholarly and popular periodicals in Black studies, with links to full text from 40 of them. Also provides retrospective indexing for 45 older periodicals.

Published by the Smithsonian's National Museum of American Art includes African American Art.

Published by the Museum of African American Art

Fine Arts Reference Section N 6538 .N5 B381 1993
Covers artists born before or in 1925. Offers extensive multi-page coverage of artists' work and careers, includes many images.

Fine Arts Reference Section N 6538 .N5 O861 2003
Provides short biography on each artist. Also offers titles for further reading and places for further viewing of artists' work. Intended for the general reader.

Fine Arts Reference Section N 40 .S781 1997
Contains biographical and career information as well as critical essays on prominent black artists. Focuses on painters, sculptors, and printmakers.

Fine Arts Reference Section N 6538 .N5 T461 1991
Index of artists that does not directly provide biographical or career information but rather directs you to other books where such information can be found.