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About Charles Wilbert White
Charles Wilbert White Jr. was a prominent American Social Realist in the visual arts who emerged from Chicago’s Black Renaissance of the 1930s. He worked in painting, drawing, lithography, and murals to chronicle the African American experience, including its struggles and triumphs, through representational art. His lifelong commitment to using his art to defend Black dignity, humanity, and freedom solidified his place as one of the most well-known artists in African American art history. He was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1972.
Everything about Charles Wilbert White →- Occupation
- painter, printmaker, graphic artist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- April 2, 1918
- Died
- October 3, 1979, November 3, 1979