{"product_id":"women-artists-of-the-harlem-renaissance-9781496807960","title":"Women Artists of the Harlem Renaissance","description":"Women artists of the Harlem Renaissance dealt with issues that were unique to both their gender and their race. They experienced racial prejudice, which limited their ability to obtain training and to be taken seriously as working artists. They also encountered prevailing sexism, often an even more serious barrier. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Including seventy-two black-and-white illustrations, this book chronicles the challenges of women artists, who are in some cases unknown to the general public, and places their achievements in the artistic and cultural context of early twentieth-century America. Contributors to this first book on the women artists of the Harlem Renaissance proclaim the legacy of Edmonia Lewis, Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, Augusta Savage, Selma Burke, Elizabeth Prophet, Lois Maillou Jones, Elizabeth Catlett, and many other painters, sculptors, and printmakers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a time of more rigid gender roles, women artists faced the added struggle of raising families and attempting to gain support and encouragement from their often-reluctant spouses in order to pursue their art. They also confronted the challenge of convincing their fellow male artists that they, too, should be seen as important contributors to the artistic innovation of the era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Helene Kirschke\u003c\/b\u003e was Professor Emerita in Art and Art History at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. She was author of \u003ci\u003eAaron Douglas: Art, Race, and the Harlem Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWomen Artists of the Harlem Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by University Press of Mississippi; author of \u003ci\u003eArt in Crisis: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Struggle for African American Identity and Memory, w\u003c\/i\u003einner of the 2007 SECAC award for excellence in writing and research; and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eProtest and Propaganda: W. E. B. Du Bois, the \"Crisis,\" and American History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50339094135058,"sku":"9781496807960","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4966d2db-2afc-4289-9a81-900cf1012a28.jpg?v=1727995776","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/women-artists-of-the-harlem-renaissance-9781496807960","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}