While not exceedingly well known, Kentucky native Helen LaFrance was one of the most gifted and prolific self-taught artists of the past century…
Current and Coming: Morris Hirshfield at AFAM
Here is proof, once again, that the spark of artistic genius may glow in the hearts of even the most unlikely-seeming people.
Horace Pippin’s New Medium
An excerpt from a new book on the self-taught African American artist discusses his first painting