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Jul 10, 2024 · Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Identifiers
Jun 28, 2024 · Carl Van Vechten, via The Van Vechten Trust The 1934 painting “Aspects of Negro Life” by Aaron Douglas, who has been called “the father of Black American art” and who was a leading...
Jul 3, 2024 · Carl Van Vechten Collection The Carl Van Vechten Collection includes studio portraits of people involved in the arts, including many associated with the Harlem Renaissance (1,300 photographs, 1927-64).
4 days ago · Calloway by Carl Van Vechten, 1933. In 1931, Calloway recorded his most famous song, "Minnie the Moocher." It was the first single record by an African American to sell a million copies.
4 days ago · Contents. Mabel Dodge Luhan. Portrait of Mabel Dodge Luhan by Carl Van Vechten, 1934. Mabel Evans Dodge Sterne Luhan (pronounced LOO-hahn; née Ganson; February 26, 1879 – August 13, 1962) was an American patron of the arts, who was particularly associated with the Taos art colony .
Jul 2, 2024 · Larsen inscribed the photo to Carl Van Vechten and Fania Marinoff. (more) Passing, novel by Nella Larsen, published in 1929. Larsen’s novel, which closely followed her prizewinning Quicksand (1928), explores the complexities of racial identity in early 20th-century New York.
Jul 5, 2024 · Carl Van Vechten, photographer. Portrait of Josephine Baker, Paris. 1949. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Born in Saint Louis, Missouri, Josephine Baker (1906-1975) would go on to become one of the first African-American women celebrities in France and in Europe more broadly in the 1920s, gaining notoriety for her beauty ...
