Palmer Hayden

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This paper looks at the work of Palmer Hayden who was one of the first African-American artists to use African subjects and designs in his painting. In particular, it looks at how he was part of the "Harlem Renaissance" in the 1920's, a flowering of African-American social thought that was expressed through the visual arts, as well as through music and how it influenced his work.

From the Paper:

"Although Hayden had pursued training in New York and Paris, his style has frequently been described as primitive. "In "The Janitor Who Paints", the figures' oversized hands and intense, cartoonlike expressions, as well as the freely treated space in which shapes are outlined as relatively flat areas of color, recall the simplified forms of American folk art." 7 Actually, these elements are present much more because of his highly personal approach to interpreting the vitality and challenges of African-American life than because of the broader influences of African and modern art that Hayden encountered in Paris ."

Sample of Sources Used:

• http://americanart.si.edu/search/artist_bio.cfm?StartRow=1&ID=2130 - Lynda Roscoe Hartigan. African-American Art: 19th and 20th-Century Selections (brochure. Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art).
• http://www.epinions.com/content_3435634820
• www.bartleby.com/65/ha/HarlemRen.html
• http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/printable_pages/artfocus_03_print.html
• http://www.fatherryan.org/harlemrenaissance/phayden.htm

More papers on Palmer Hayden:

• Analytical Essay # 123236 : "Phoebe Palmer and Sanctification"
• Book Review # 117575 : "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch"
• Article Review # 124936 : "Drew Hayden Taylor and Racism in Canada"

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