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The Harlem Renaissance was known as the New Negro Movement and emerged toward the end of World War I in 1918 and began to fade in the middle 1930s. This period marked the first time mainstream publishers and critics took African American art seriously. This was also a period when African American literature and arts attracted significant attention from the nation at large. ... Hundreds of thousands of African Americans moved to the North to take advantage of employment opportunities created by World War I.
Many of the more educated and socially conscious blacks settled in New York City’s neighborhood of Harlem. This neighborhood quickly developed into a political and cultural center of black America. The Harlem Renaissance produced many, many talented and creative artists. ... Dubois, the first African-American to receive a Ph. ... from Harvard University, was one of the influential spokespersons encouraging young African-American artists to express their African heritage and African-American folk culture in their art and during this movement.
Aaron Douglas (1898 – 1979) was one of those young and talented artists encouraged by a German illustrator, Winold Reiss, to “look to African art for inspiration in his work. ... His works depict images of the oppression that African-Americans experienced due to racism and segregation. ... He was among the first African American artists to use African subjects and designs in his paintings. He also focused on the daily life of the African American community. ... That picture was altered after widespread criticism by his peers who felt Hayden had depicted caricatured African Americans for the amusement of Whites. He stated in the National Museum American Arts Research Bulletin that his friend Clyde Boykin inspired him.
Approximate Word count = 1311
Approximate Pages = 5.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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