Charles Wilbert White Jr.

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Charles Wilbert White Jr. was a prominent African American artist and muralist known for his powerful, socially conscious depictions of Black life and history in the United States.

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Charles Wilbert White Jr. canonical 2
Charles Wilbert White 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artist ⓘ
human ⓘ
painter ⓘ
printmaker ⓘ
awardReceived Guggenheim Fellowship ⓘ
National Academy of Design membership ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1918-04-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1979-10-03 ⓘ
educatedAt Art Students League of New York ⓘ
School of the Art Institute of Chicago ⓘ
employer Otis Art Institute ⓘ
Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project ⓘ
linked to: Federal Art Project
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
familyName White ⓘ
fieldOfWork drawing ⓘ
figurative art ⓘ
mural painting ⓘ
printmaking ⓘ
fullName Charles Wilbert White Jr. ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
hasWorkInCollection Art Institute of Chicago ⓘ
Los Angeles County Museum of Art ⓘ
Museum of Modern Art, New York ⓘ
influenced David Hammons ⓘ
Kerry James Marshall ⓘ
influencedBy Diego Rivera ⓘ
Mexican muralists ⓘ
knownFor large-scale murals ⓘ
portraits of African American historical figures ⓘ
socially conscious depictions of Black life ⓘ
movement Harlem Renaissance (later phase influence) ⓘ
linked to: Harlem Renaissance

Social Realism ⓘ
linked to: Social realism
notableWork Five Great American Negroes ⓘ
General Moses (Harriet Tubman) ⓘ
linked to: Harriet Tubman

Hope for the Future ⓘ
J'Accuse! ⓘ
The Contribution of the Negro to Democracy in America ⓘ
occupation artist ⓘ
muralist ⓘ
printmaker ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles

New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Catlett ⓘ
Frances Barrett White ⓘ

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

Charles White → birthName → Charles Wilbert White Jr. ⓘ
Charles Wilbert White Jr. → fullName → Charles Wilbert White Jr. ⓘ
The Contribution of the Negro to Democracy in America → creatorName → Charles Wilbert White ⓘ
linked to: Charles Wilbert White Jr.