A landmark work of art history: lavishly illustrated and extraordinary for its thoroughness, A History of African-American Artists -- conceived, researched, and

"Known in the mid-nineteenth century as the best landscape painter in the West, Robert S. Duncanson fell into obscurity for nearly a century after his death. In

Discusses African American folk art, decorative art, photography, and fine arts.

Duncanson persevered. With no professional training, he taught himself to paint by copying prints and portraits and sketching from nature. He began his career a

From 1968 to 1972, St. Louis was home to the Black Artists' Group (BAG), a seminal arts collective that nurtured African American experimentalists involved with