A watercolor painting by 19th-century Philadelphia artist William H. Dorsey is now on display at the Historical Society of ...

When Michiko Quinones first saw the framed, oval-shaped 1864 watercolor of a tiny Black man peacefully fishing near a mill, ...

A painting bought for $10 at a thrift store near Philadelphia may be a unique masterpiece by Black painter William Henry ...

A painting from a thrift store in Glenside is by William H. Dorsey, of Philadelphia’s elite Black society circa 1864.

so portraits of African American musicians, much like other markers of status that were long denied to people of color in European-controlled territories, serve as a cultural acknowledgment of their ...

Clementine Hunter was a self-taught African American artist known for her painted depictions of early 20th-century plantation life in Louisiana. Hunter’s colorful oil paintings do not rely on ...

“But it’s also unique in British art and allows us to widen our ... rejected a proposed ban of “the vice of painting and wearing black patches, and immodest dress of women.” ...

Actress and art collector CCH Pounder is sharing more than 40 pieces of her collection in an exhibit at the African American ...

prints and sculpture by African-American artists. And during baseball season, the museum will host “Picturing America’s Pastime,” a photo exhibit on the history of baseball. “It’s really ...