The Athlete
Aaron Douglas
Artwork
The Toiler
1899-1979
Oil or tempera on board
8 3/4 in x 6 5/8 in
Circa 1935
As Published In:
Southern/Modern: Rediscovering Southern Art from the First Half of the Twentieth Century, 2023
As Exhibited In:
All the Small Things, TJC Gallery, Spartanburg, SC, February 19–April 4, 2025
Southern/Modern: 1913-1955, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA, July 1, 2023–February 1, 2025, Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN, January 25–April 28, 2024, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN, July 14–September 29, 2024, Mint Museum Uptown, Charlotte, NC, October 25, 2024–February 2, 2025
Elevation from Within: The Study of Art at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, TJC Gallery, Spartanburg, SC, February 20–May 10, 2019, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC, September 1–December 17, 2021, Fisk University, Nashville, TN, April 7–September 15, 2022, Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, FL, January 21–May 5, 2023
Uptown Triennial, Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY, September 24, 2020–February 28, 2021
To Teach is to Learn: Lessons in African American Art of the South, TJC Gallery, Spartanburg, SC, August 31, 2017–January 12, 2018
Aaron Douglas & Arna Bontemps: Partners in Activism, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA, December 4, 2015–February 20, 2016
Other Artworks by This Artist
Head of Boy (Portrait of Langston Hughes)
Aaron Douglas