#black portraits

[pentecostwaite]

I found a wonderful painting yesterday at an antiques mall.

It’s a pretty typical pastoral painting from the 1800s, with one exception: the figures in the painting are all people of color.

From the young man in the foreground watering the cows in the river, to the woman in sunlight on the left, making her way back to the tidy little house under the trees, to the far-off figures in the boat preparing to land on the shore in front of the house—all are people of color.

I especially like the young man. There is something wonderful about his relaxed but confident posture, the way he’s cocked his wide-brimmed hat, his bright red weskit.

So I bought the painting. It’s hanging in our dining room, where we are lucky enough to be able to see it every day. I love it.

[la-muse-noire]

Benny Andrews, Migration Blues, 1998

[feminoiredesigns]

Portrait artwork of a melanated mermaid, a beautiful black ocean queen. Water goddess, Yemaya (aka Yemoja, Yemanja) is partially submerged in the ocean, wearing pearl jewelry; digital art of an orisha from Yoruba (Nigerian) culture and spirituality depicted by a young African woman. Art by Dee Claire. Etsy download.

[8-rock]

1 week till release day! 🎉

I can’t wait for you all to see it: https://bit.ly/LWBlack

Thank you for your kind words and support. 🖤

[dogandcatcomics]

#repost @elizabethcolumba Elizabeth Columba (active in New York, USA, b. France, 1976-). First image is Phillis, 2010, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 in. Collection of the artist, currently included in exhibit "Unnamed Figures" organized by the @afamuseum and @historicdeerfield. Second image is The Denial of Saint Peter, 2017, oil and gold leaf on canvas, 40 x 30 in., collection of the Nwabuzor Family. Columba includes some feline representation in her works.

[dennydreadful]

it really works! source: me

[xtrablak674]

Trevor, 2021

In 2019 I sat for a shoot with Ajamu Kojo Chioke Walker previously he had done a portrait of me, The Iconoclast (2014?) as a trade for a piece of mine that his wife wanted. Now I can't recall the context for this particular shoot. He told me he wanted to shoot me nude and I just wanted to make sure I was in good shape for the shoot, so I did all the usual preparation that I do to get myself ready for an event or circumstance.

I have supported Mr. Walker's work for years, attending quite a few openings and even purchasing a piece of his which hangs in my home. There were some series that I loved and some that I was lukewarm about, but I did love how serious he was about his work it reminded me of how I was in the prime of my artistic career. It also fit my general needs of not turning down opportunities especially one where I could be memorialized in a painting by a professional Black artist.

I recalled he wanted the window blocked out which I did with this yellow sari fabric that I had. He also wanted my framed Sarafina three-sheet in the picture and we moved it to other side of the apartment. As with any shoot we did a few other shots prior to the final image upon which the painting was based.

I think the Underoos were added to the shot also. We also changed the angle of the bed and he actually shot from the hallway outside of my apartment. From my overly-decorated front door I can see this must have been during the winter holiday season because I have the snowmen that I made at the Census on my front door.

I have done a few visits to Mr. Walker's studio but haven't been to his latest studio and due to our falling out as friends, I have actually never seen the final painting in person. After my inheritance I did think for a moment of purchasing the piece, but then I remembered I was fussing with Mr. Walker about adding just a little curve to my side to make my ass seem bigger, he didn't comply with my request.

I do love the name of the piece simply "Trevor, 2021" and since its a photo within my home it does feel like me, my books, my artwork, my home decor etc. In 2024 I am pleased that I have been documented in a painting twice, one of which I own and another that I do not.

I am generally indifferent about the end of the friendship because there was no clear reason behind it. I have learned that we all have different journeys and sometimes our journey overlaps with others for a time but then you part ways, this is a part of life that I have learned to embrace.

[Photos by A. Walker]

[escupir-acido]

Ejercicio de litografía, 13x18 en papel de 300grs. escáner del original, 5 ediciones.

en venta!

[tygerland]

Late-nineteenth-century watercolor portraits of indigenous North-African men, by Spanish painter Josep Tapiró i Baró (1836-1913).

[pentecostwaite]

Portrait of Toussaint Louverture, by Alexandre François Louis de Girardin, painted ca. 1805 (two years after Louverture died in prison)

More about Toussaint Louverture from the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

[la-muse-noire]

Desmond Akindoju, A Chapter of Tranquility , 2023

[feminoiredesigns]

Elegant Dark-Skinned Black Woman Wearing A Sun Hat and Elegant Dress Outdoors In A Flower Field - Light Impressionism Oil Painting Style Summercore Floral Portrait. Downloadable art.

[8-rock]

Carol Moseley Braun "Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible." Artwork from SHE VOTES.

[miamaimania]

Effortless Elegance: Mariacarla Boscono Captured by Juergen Teller for Paradis Magazine, Summer 2008

[disease]

"SINÉAD O’CONNOR WITH ANGEL" ALBERT WATSON | NYC, 1992 [archival pigment print | 29 9/10 × 24"]