To celebrate Black History Month, I am posting some work of one Black visual artist from history per day.
For February 8th, I am posting work by Margaret Burroughs. (2/2)
#BlackHistoryMonth #MargaretBurroughs #printer #painter #museumbuilder

To celebrate Black History Month, I am posting some work of one Black visual artist from history per day.
For February 8th, I am posting work by Margaret Burroughs. (1/2)
#BlackHistoryMonth #MargaretBurroughs #printer #painter #museumbuilder

small white book with black lettering and four color photos of paintings

*black dimensions in contemporary american art* (1971) preface: edward s. spriggs, #studiomuseum exec dir. intro: david c driskell. bios & color photos of work from 40+ artists. ~$1 at #estatesale 2day. #blackstudies #paperback #almathomas #berniecasey #margaretburroughs #davidhammons #bennyandrews

American artist Margaret Taylor Goss Burroughs only self-portrait, reflects her lifelong commitment to highlighting the contributions of Black artists to art history. It also illuminates the underestimated role African art played in the history of Modernism. Wearing a red headband and white shirt with red collar, she paints herself gazing directly at us, surrounded by a Mbuya mask of the Penne Culture of Congo on our left and a framed abstract painting on our right. The Mbuya mask is associated with strengthening female ancestral connections. Juxtaposing this mask with the tools of European painting (brushes, a framed canvas, and a palette), Burroughs shows how her work merges different cultural traditions.⁠ This grouping, like much of her art, forges an alternate lineage for her work — and for modern art in general — rooted in African rather than European art history. Burroughs taught humanities classes in high school and college in Chicago for 30 years; she then served as commissioner of the city's Park District for a quarter-century. Burroughs believed in the centrality of African and diasporic culture to any curriculum: "I wish my art to speak not only for my people-but for all humanity." She founded the South Side Community Art Center in 1941 and held classes in her home, using masks and other works she collected. Margaret and her husband Charles co-founded what is now the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center in Chicago, Illinois in 1961. The institution was originally known as the Ebony Museum of Negro History and Art and made its debut in the living room of their house at 3806 S. Michigan Avenue (purchased in 1959) in the Bronzeville neighborhood on Chicago's south side with Burroughs serving as its first Executive Director. They established the museum to celebrate African American and Black culture, at the time overlooked by most museums and academic establishments.

Self-Portrait by Margaret T. G. Burroughs (American) - Oil on canvas / 1954 - New Orleans Museum of Art (Louisiana) #womeninart #art #artwork #womanartist #NewOrleansMuseumofArt #NOMA #womensart #femaleartist #MargaretBurroughs #Burroughs #oilpainting #ArtText #AfricanAmericanArtist #AmericanArt

Black Venus, c. 1957, by #MargaretBurroughs (#MargaretTaylorGossBurroughs; American, 1915-2010), who was born #otd, Nov 1. Held by the National Gallery of Art, www.nga.gov/collection/a... #artherstory #womenartists