< Back to Artists HARRY LOUIS FREUND American (1905-1999) Freund was born in Clinton, Missouri. In 1929 he received a fellowship that allowed him to study in Paris. When he returned to the United States, the Great Depression was beginning, and Freund found work...
< Back to Artists THEORA HAMBLETT American (1895-1977) Hamblett was born in Paris, Mississippi in 1895. From 1915-1930 she taught school in her hometown. She moved to Oxford, Mississippi in 1930, where she ran a boarding house for students & worked as a...
< Back to Artists WILLIAM HOLLINGSWORTH, JR. American (1910-1944) A prominent figure in the art scene of Jackson, Mississippi, William Hollingsworth studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. He and his fashion artist wife intended to stay in Chicago, but the...
< Back to Artists MARIE A. HULL American (1890-1980) Born and raised in Mississippi, her parents were cultured and they exposed their daughter to the fine arts in Jackson and nearby New Orleans. At the age of four, she saw a piano performance that would influence...
< Back to Artists CLEMENTINE HUNTER American (1886-1988) Clementine Hunter was a self-taught African American folk artist from the Cane River region of Louisiana. Born at Hidden Hill Plantation, Hunter spent her youth moving around in the Cane River Valley while...
