Charles White

E155037

Charles White was a prominent African American artist and muralist known for his powerful, socially conscious depictions of Black life and history.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Charles White canonical 9
Charles Alston 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf African American artist ⓘ
artist ⓘ
muralist ⓘ
painter ⓘ
person ⓘ
printmaker ⓘ
awardReceived Guggenheim Fellowship ⓘ
birthName Charles Wilbert White Jr. ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1918-04-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1979-10-03 ⓘ
educatedAt Art Students League of New York ⓘ
education School of the Art Institute of Chicago ⓘ
employer Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project ⓘ
linked to: Federal Art Project
ethnicity African American ⓘ
field drawing ⓘ
mural ⓘ
painting ⓘ
printmaking ⓘ
hasWorkInCollection Art Institute of Chicago ⓘ
Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
Smithsonian American Art Museum ⓘ
influencedBy African American history and culture ⓘ
Diego Rivera ⓘ
José Clemente Orozco ⓘ
Mexican muralism ⓘ
knownFor large-scale drawings in charcoal and ink ⓘ
powerful depictions of Black life and history ⓘ
socially conscious art ⓘ
movement Harlem Renaissance tradition ⓘ
Social Realism ⓘ
linked to: Social realism
name Charles White ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableWork Five Great American Negroes ⓘ
General Moses (Harriet Tubman) ⓘ
linked to: Harriet Tubman

Hope for the Future ⓘ
J'Accuse! No. 6 ⓘ
linked to: J’accuse…!

The Contribution of the Negro to Democracy in America ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ
politicalOrientation leftist ⓘ
socially progressive ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Catlett ⓘ
Frances Barrett White ⓘ
subjectMatter African American history ⓘ
Black workers ⓘ
civil rights struggle ⓘ
dignified portraits of Black people ⓘ
taughtAt Otis Art Institute ⓘ
Otis College of Art and Design ⓘ
workLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ
New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charles White → name → Charles White ⓘ
Harlem Art Workshop → notableStudent → Charles Alston ⓘ
linked to: Charles White
Five Great American Negroes → creator → Charles White ⓘ
Hope for the Future → creator → Charles White ⓘ
Elizabeth Catlett → spouse → Charles White ⓘ
John Biggers → influencedBy → Charles White ⓘ