Aaron Douglas

>Aaron Douglas 2005-05-14T16:35:49Z Entreglosas [[Image:power_plant_by_douglas.jpg|thumb|300px|Power Plant, Harlem by Aaron Douglas. Oil. 1939.]] '''Aaron Douglas''' ([[May 26]], [[1900]] - [[February 3]], [[1979]]), was a [[United States of America|U.S.]] painter and a major figure in the [[Harlem Renaissance]]. Douglas received his B.F.A. degree from the [[University of Nebraska-Lincoln]] in 1922. He based his style on traditional African styles and broke down figures into geometric objects. ==References== * "Douglas, Aaron" in ''American National Biography,'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999). 6:789-790. * ''Aaron Douglas: art, race, and the Harlem Renaissance,'' (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1995) by Amy Hellene Kirschke. * Myers,Aaron. "Douglass, Aaron." _Microsoft Encarta Referance Library 2002._ CD-ROM. 2002 ed. Redmond: Microsoft, 2001. {{artist-stub}} [[Category:1900 births|Douglas, Aaron]] [[Category:1979 deaths|Douglas, Aaron]] [[Category:African Americans|Douglas, Aaron]] [[es:Aaron_Douglas]]