African American Art From the Permanent Collection February 27, 2007

Highlights of this exhibition will include the Telfair's untitled beach scene by Henry Ossawa Tanner of 1880, one of the few extant marine paintings by the earliest African American artist to achieve international acclaim at home and in Europe. Canvases by Harlem Renaissance artists Romare Bearden and Jacob Lawrence will hang alongside the more recent work of Sam Gilliam and Radcliffe Bailey. Notable local artists such as John Mitchell and Luther Vann will also be represented in this celebration of a growing and important aspect of the Telfair's permanent collection.