Checker Player at Marian Anderson Playground, 1950 Carbon pencil on paper, 8 7/8 x 9 1/8 in. in.
HUMBERT L. HOWARD American, 1915–1990
La Salle University Art Museum
Untitled, c. 1950s Gelatin silver print, 9 1/4 x 5 1/16 in. Muriel Feelings Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, PA
Working in oil and watercolor, Humbert Howard depicted people, places, and objects drawn from his own culture and experiences. The Philadelphia resident studied art at Howard University, Washington, DC, on a football scholarship before transferring to the University of Pennsylvania his
BARKLEY L. HENDRICKS
senior year. He studied at the Barnes Foundation
American, born 1945
and the International Academy of Arts and Letters in Rome. In the 1930s Howard joined the
Born in Philadelphia, Barkley L. Hendricks is best
Works Progress Administration as a painter and
known for life-size depictions of African American
ceramicist, and in 1940 he became the art director
figures in urban environments that combine traditions
at the Pyramid Club, a social organization for black
of Western portrait composition with powerful
professionals in Philadelphia. He continued painting
character portrayals. From 1963 to 1967, Hendricks
throughout his life. Today his work can be found
attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
in many private and public collections, including
Arts, and then earned his MFA from Yale University.
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the
In 1972, he began teaching at Connecticut College,
University of Pennsylvania, Howard University, the
where he is now professor emeritus of studio art.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Woodmere Art
Hendricks exhibits and practices his distinctive style
Museum.
of portraiture to this day, creating photographs and paintings. His work is in numerous public collections, such as the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Tate Modern, London; Studio Museum, New
The Yellow Cup, 1949–50 Oil on canvas, 24 x 32 1/8 in. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: John Lambert Fund
York; Philadelphia Museum of Art; the Pennsylvania
install ceramic tile works representing the history of
Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; Nasher Untitled, c. 1950s, by John T. Harris (Muriel Feelings Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, PA)
Sugar Ray Robinson, c. 1940s Watercolor on paper, 8 7/8 x 9 1/8 in. Muriel Feelings Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, PA
Untitled (Two Men Playing Checkers), c. 1940s Graphite on paper, 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. Muriel Feelings Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, PA
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WOODMERE ART MUSEUM
Meet Miss Subway, 1965, by Edward Hughes (Collection of Kevin Pugh)
the neighborhood, as well as in galleries throughout
Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina; Columbus
EDWARD ELLIS HUGHES
Museum of Art, Ohio; and the Fogg Art Museum,
American, born 1940
Philadelphia and PAFA’s permanent collection.
Edward Hughes is known for his three-dimensional
Meet Miss Subway, 1965 Oil on canvas, 48 x 32 in.
J. S. B. III, 1968 Oil on canvas, 48 x 34 3/8 in.
mixed-media artworks characterized by bright colors
Collection of Kevin Pugh
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richardson Dilworth
studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Harvard University.
and playful lines. He was born in Philadelphia and (PAFA), where he earned a certificate in painting, and Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, where he earned his BFA. Hughes’s abstract creations often contain symbols drawn from black American and Haitian culture. His art can be found at SEPTA’s FiftySixth Street Station, where he was commissioned to
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