Claude Clark (1915-2001)
“I heard the other students called me a “filthy Modernist,” because I was applying the paint with a palette knife. One of the critics of one of my exhibits in New York - The New York Times - said it…
Two Black Landscape Painters Working in Pennsylvania in the Early 20th Century
Allan Freelon (1895-1960), Untitled (Sheep Grazing), c. 1930, oil on board. Estimate: $2500-$3500 Two important impressionist painters working in the Philadelphia area in the first part of the 20th century were Henry Bozeman Jones and Allan Randall Freelon. It…
Sargent Johnson from the Melvin Holmes Collection
Learn more about the life and work of Sargent Johnson in the catalog below. Many of his works from the Melvin Holmes Collection will be offered at auction on July 17, 2021. You can view the entire catalog by…
Albert Alexander Smith
Albert Alexander Smith (1896-1940): Black Art Auction presents their new publication with essay by Theresa Leininger-Miller, author of New Negro Artists in Paris: African American Painters and Sculptors in the City of Light, 1922-1934.
Michael Cortor reflects on his father, Eldzier Cortor
ELDZIER CORTOR (1916-2015) Black Art Auction is deeply grateful to share some reflections from Michael Cortor, the artist’s son, on his father’s passion for the process of art. A day doesn’t go by that I don’t think about my father…
Josephine Baker
Monograph of Josephine Baker by Richmond Barthé, by Dr. Margaret Rose Vendryes. Learn more about the artist and this special artwork by clicking here.