This is Charlies Alston, he was born in November 28, 1907, charlottes , NC. He died in April 27,1977.
short story about Charles Alston
He was an African-American painter, sculptor, illustrator, muralist and teacher who lived and worked in New York City neighbor of Harlem. Alston was first African-American supervisor for the Works Progress Administration's Fedral Art Project.
Martin Luther King Jr
In 1990 Alston's bust of Martin Luther King, jr. become the first image of an African American displayed at the White House. It is till till now in the White House.
He said.. " I don't believe there's such a thing as 'black art,' though there's certainly been a black experience. I've lived it. But it's also and American experience."
The artist on how the black experience is an American experience.
Flatford Mill
Flatford Mill (Scene on a Navigable River) is an oil painting by English artist John Constable, painted in 1816. It is Constable's largest exhibition canvas to be painted mainly outdoors, the first of his large "six-foot" paintings [more]
The Fighting Temeraire
The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838 is an oil painting by the English artist J. M. W. Turner. HMS Temeraire was one of the last second-rate ships of the line to have played a distinguished role in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. [more]
Liberty Leading the People
Liberty Leading the People is a painting by Eugène Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled King Charles X of France. [more]
Ophelia
four works that he did
He works - Muralism, Painting, Illustration, Sculpture.
