Hale Aspacio Woodruff was an American artist known for his murals, paintings, and prints.
Mutiny on the Amistad by Hale Woodruff, 1938
The Banjo Player was painted by Hale Woodruff in Paris in 1929. The original is now at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The image has been called important, because it "reframes Black representation" shifting the viewer from the established Jim Crow image to an image put forth by an African American. Woodruff's painting counters "racist tropes", showing a Black musician playing with competence and dignity. While in Paris, Woodruff met Henry Ossawa Tanner, painter of
Herron School of Art and Design
Herron School of Art and Design, officially IU Herron School of Art and Design, is a public art school at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is a professional art school and has been accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design since 1952.
Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hall in 2006
Former home of the art school, now known as Herron High School. "John Herron Art Institute" is still visible on the building's façade in this image from 2010.
IUPUI campus sign for Herron School of Art and Design
Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Fine Arts Center, completed in 2013
