James V. Herring
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James Vernon Herring (January 7, 1887 – May 29, 1969) was an African-American artist and professor of art at Howard University.
Biography
Herring founded Howard University's Department of Art in 1922. In 1943, along with Alonzo J. Aden he opened the Barnett-Aden Gallery in Washington, D.C. The gallery was the first black privately owned and operated art gallery in the United States and was located at 127 Randolph Street, NW. In an effort to fight segregation, both black and white artists were exhibited at the gallery.{{Cite book|title = The Guide to Black Washington|last1 = Fitzpatrick|first1 = Sandra|publisher = Hippocrene Books|year = 1990|isbn = 0870528327|location = New York, New York|pages = [https://archive.org/details/guidetoblackwash00fitz/page/94 94]|last2 = Goodwin|first2 = Maria R.|url-access = registration|url = https://archive.org/details/guidetoblackwash00fitz/page/94}} The gallery served as a place to meet for those interested in art, including curators from the Phillips Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the National Gallery of Art.{{Cite book|title = The Guide to Black Washington|last1 = Fitzpatrick|year = 1990|pages = 95|last2 = Goodwin}}
Herring and Aden also worked together on the Gallery of Art at Howard University. Herring founded it in 1930 and Aden served as the first curator.
Herring retired from Howard in 1953.{{cite web |title=James Porter |url=https://thejohnsoncollection.org/james-porter/ |website=The Johnson Collection, LLC |access-date=9 December 2020 |language=en}}
References
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- [http://www.driskellcenter.umd.edu/narratives/exhibition/sec3/herr_j_02.htm Biography.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190907012029/http://www.driskellcenter.umd.edu/narratives/exhibition/sec3/herr_j_02.htm |date=2019-09-07 }}
External links
- [http://beingbutmen.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/who-are-these-men-they-changed.html "Being But Men, We Walked Into the Trees"], February 11, 2016.
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Category:20th-century American painters
Category:American male painters
Category:Howard University faculty
Category:20th-century African-American painters
Category:20th-century American male artists
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