Harlem Renaissance Art and Music

Bill Robinson

Period: May 25, 1878 to Nov 25, 1949

Mamie Smith

Period: May 26, 1883 to Sep 16, 1946

Jelly Roll Morton

Period: Sep 20, 1885 to Jul 10, 1941

Ma Rainey

Period: Apr 26, 1886 to Dec 22, 1939

James VanDerZee

Period: Jun 29, 1886 to May 15, 1983

Palmer Hayden

Period: Jan 15, 1890 to Feb 18, 1973

Archibald Motley

Period: Oct 7, 1891 to Jan 16, 1981

Augusta Savage

Period: Feb 29, 1892 to Mar 26, 1962

Bessie Smith

Period: Apr 15, 1894 to Sep 26, 1937

Duke Ellington

Period: Apr 29, 1899 to May 24, 1974

Aaron Douglas

Period: May 26, 1899 to Feb 3, 1979

William Johnson

Period: Mar 18, 1901 to Jan 1, 1970

Louis Armstrong

Period: Aug 4, 1901 to Jul 6, 1971

Beauford Delaney

Period: Dec 30, 1901 to Mar 26, 1979

Fats Waller

Period: May 21, 1904 to Dec 15, 1943

Count Basie

Period: Aug 21, 1904 to Apr 26, 1984

Lois Mailou Jones

Period: Nov 3, 1905 to Jun 9, 1998

Josephine Baker

Period: Jun 3, 1906 to Apr 12, 1975

Charles Alston

Period: Nov 28, 1907 to Apr 27, 1977

Cab Calloway

Period: Dec 25, 1907 to Nov 18, 1994

Romare Bearden

Period: Sep 2, 1911 to Mar 12, 1988

Billie Holiday

Period: Apr 7, 1915 to Jul 17, 1959

Ella Fitzgerald

Period: Apr 25, 1917 to Jun 15, 1996

Lena Horne

Period: Jun 30, 1917 to May 9, 2010

Jacob Lawrence

Period: Sep 7, 1917 to Jun 9, 2000

Thelonious Monk

Period: Oct 10, 1917 to Feb 17, 1982

Dizzy Gillespie

Period: Oct 21, 1917 to Jan 6, 1993

Charlie Parker

Period: Aug 29, 1920 to Mar 12, 1955

Faith Ringgold

Period: Oct 8, 1930 to May 31, 2011

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