You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. He was an African American painter whose work became known during the Harlem Renaissance. Like this: Like Loading Related News. Published by WHAF. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:.
Email required Address never made public. Name required. Follow Following. Sign me up. Hayden took his inspiration from the environment around him, focusing on the Black experience. He tried to capture both rural life in the South, as well as urban backgrounds in New York City. Many of these urban paintings were centered in Harlem. Boykin was also a painter who supported himself through janitorial work. Palmer Hayden created a painting series on Black folk hero John Henry. This series consisted of 12 works and took 10 years to complete.
John Henry was said to be a strong, heroic Black man who used a hammer to create railroads and tunnels through mountains. Palmer Hayden was a great artist who made many visual contributions to this country. His depictions of everyday African American life and folkloric subjects are both praised and debated. The artist passed in Enter the username or e-mail you used in your profile.
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