Aaron Douglas, 1899-1979

Artist Overview

Artist name:Aaron Douglas

1899–1979
Place of Birth: Topeka, Kansas, United States
Date of Birth: May 26, 1899
Place of Death: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Date of Death: February 2, 1979
Active Country: United States

Works of Art: 9

Aaron Douglas (1899–1979), Self-portrait

Self-portrait, 1954

Aaron Douglas (1899–1979), Self-portrait
Aaron Douglas (1899–1979)
Self-portrait
1954
Aaron Douglas (1899–1979); Opportunity Magazine; Langston Hughes (1902–1967), cover, Opportunity Art Folio

cover, Opportunity Art Folio, 1926

Aaron Douglas (1899–1979); Opportunity Magazine; Langston Hughes (1902–1967), cover, Opportunity Art Folio
Aaron Douglas (1899–1979); Opportunity Magazine; Langston Hughes (1902–1967)
cover, Opportunity Art Folio
1926
Aaron Douglas (1899–1979); Opportunity Magazine; Langston Hughes (1902–1967), Weary As I Can Be

Weary As I Can Be, 1926

Aaron Douglas (1899–1979); Opportunity Magazine; Langston Hughes (1902–1967), Weary As I Can Be
Aaron Douglas (1899–1979); Opportunity Magazine; Langston Hughes (1902–1967)
Weary As I Can Be
1926
Aaron Douglas (1899–1979); Opportunity Magazine; Langston Hughes (1902–1967), On De No’thern Road

On De No’thern Road, 1926

Aaron Douglas (1899–1979); Opportunity Magazine; Langston Hughes (1902–1967), On De No’thern Road
Aaron Douglas (1899–1979); Opportunity Magazine; Langston Hughes (1902–1967)
On De No’thern Road
1926
Aaron Douglas (1899–1979); Opportunity Magazine; Langston Hughes (1902–1967), Ma Bad Luck Card

Ma Bad Luck Card, 1926

Aaron Douglas (1899–1979); Opportunity Magazine; Langston Hughes (1902–1967), Ma Bad Luck Card
Aaron Douglas (1899–1979); Opportunity Magazine; Langston Hughes (1902–1967)
Ma Bad Luck Card
1926
Aaron Douglas (1899–1979); Opportunity Magazine; Langston Hughes (1902–1967), Play De Blues

Play De Blues, 1926

Aaron Douglas (1899–1979); Opportunity Magazine; Langston Hughes (1902–1967), Play De Blues
Aaron Douglas (1899–1979); Opportunity Magazine; Langston Hughes (1902–1967)
Play De Blues
1926
Aaron Douglas (1899–1979); Opportunity Magazine; Langston Hughes (1902–1967), I Needs a Dime For Beer

I Needs a Dime For Beer, 1926

Aaron Douglas (1899–1979); Opportunity Magazine; Langston Hughes (1902–1967), I Needs a Dime For Beer
Aaron Douglas (1899–1979); Opportunity Magazine; Langston Hughes (1902–1967)
I Needs a Dime For Beer
1926
Aaron Douglas (1899–1979); Opportunity Magazine; Langston Hughes (1902–1967), untitled

untitled, 1926

Aaron Douglas (1899–1979); Opportunity Magazine; Langston Hughes (1902–1967), untitled
Aaron Douglas (1899–1979); Opportunity Magazine; Langston Hughes (1902–1967)
untitled
1926
Aaron Douglas (1899–1979), The Founding of Chicago

The Founding of Chicago, circa 1933

Aaron Douglas (1899–1979), The Founding of Chicago
Aaron Douglas (1899–1979)
The Founding of Chicago
circa 1933

Exhibitions: 21

Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist
Susan Earle, curator
Stephanie Knappe, curator
2007–2008
Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic (Modernism and the Black Atlantic)
Tanya Barson, curator
2010
Art Misses You Too
Kate Meyer, curator
2020
Black Lives Matter
Kate Meyer, curator
2020
Art Misses You Too Two
Kate Meyer, curator
2020
Teaching Gallery: Americans in Paris
2012
Teaching Gallery: Voicing America
2013
Teaching Gallery: Americans in Paris
2013
Teaching Gallery: Americans in Paris
2014
Race, Gender, and the "Decorative" in 20th-Century African Art: Reimagining Boundaries
Cassandra Mesick Braun, curator
Jessica Gerschultz, curator
2017–2018
Race, Gender, and the "Decorative" in 20th-Century African Art: Reimagining Boundaries
Cassandra Mesick Braun, curator
Jessica Gerschultz, curator
2017–2018
Brosseau Center for Learning: Altered Perspectives
Spencer Museum of Art Interns 2018–2019, curator
2019
Brosseau Center for Learning: Altered Perspectives
Spencer Museum of Art Interns 2018–2019, curator
2019
Art and Activism: 50 Years of Africana Studies at KU
Jessica Gerschultz, curator
Kate Meyer, curator
Angela Watts, curator
2021
Brosseau Center for Learning: In Conversation with Black Writing
2023
Teaching Gallery: Rivers
2009
The Visual Blues
2014–2015
The Visual Blues
2014
Google Art Project
2016
Brosseau Center for Learning: In Conversation with the 2018–19 KU Common Book
2018
Brosseau Center for Learning: Western Art History Survey 2021
2021