Images of devotion

IMAGES OF DEVOTION presented by Hampton Art Lovers is a series of spiritual based works from various Black Artists. All of the works can be found on the pages of books and catalogues presented, in an effort to encourage the purchase of these volumes during our stay-at-home for the COVID-19 pandemic.

 
 
Daniel in the Lions' Den

Daniel in the Lions' Den

HENRY OSSAWA TANNER (b. 1859 - d. 1937)

Daniel in the Lions' Den
HENRY OSSAWA TANNER
1920
Oil on canvas

(Two Centuries of Black American Art, David C Driskell, @ 1976 Museum Associates of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, p.88)

 
Chanson d' Bahia

Chanson d' Bahia

LOÏS MAILOU JONES (b. 1905 - d. 1998)

Chanson d' Bahia
LOÏS MAILOU JONES
1989
Acrylic on canvas

(Bearing Witness: Contemporary Works by African American Women Artists, Jontyle Theresa Robinson, @ 1996 Spelman College and Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. p. 18-19, 130)

 
Genesis Creation III: And God Said "Let the Earth Bring Forth the Grass, Trees, Fruits, and Herbs," 1989

Genesis Creation III: And God Said "Let the Earth Bring Forth the Grass, Trees, Fruits, and Herbs," 1989

JACOB LAWRENCE (b. 1917 - d. 2000)

GENESIS CREATION SERMON series
JACOB LAWRENCE 
Gouache on paper

(The Walter O. Evans Collection of African American Art, Andrea D. Barnwell, Amy M. Mooney, @ 1999 The Walter O. Evans Foundation for Art and Literature, p. 42, 48,119-126)