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Edwin Harleston
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Edwin Augustus Harleston was an American artist and founding president of the Charleston, South Carolina, branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He is known for his
Edwin Harleston, Portrait of a Woman, oil on canvas, 1920.
Edwin Harleston, Portrait of a Woman, oil on canvas, 1920.
Portrait of Aaron Douglas (1930), featured in the Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Portrait of Aaron Douglas (1930), featured in the Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
William E. Harmon Foundation
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The Harmon Foundation, established in 1921 by white real-estate developer William E. Harmon, is best known for funding and collecting the work of African-American artists.
Edwin Harleston
…won a number of awards for his work, including the top prize in NAACP-sponsored contests in 1925 (A Colored Grand Army Man) and 1931 (Ouida) and the William E. Harmon Foundation's Alain Locke Prize for portrait painting, also in 1931 (The Old Servant). Despite this modest success, Harleston was largely excluded from the dominantly…
Dillard University, Harmon Foundation Exhibit, c1936-7
Dillard University, Harmon Foundation Exhibit, c1936-7