African American folk art
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Regenia A. Perry Personal Papers (VA-07)
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: VA-07
Abstract
The collection documents the life, work, and research interests of Dr. Regenia Perry (1941-), an African American art historian. Dr. Perry is the first African American woman to hold doctorates in art history and American art, and has focused her career on researching and collecting African American folk art. In addition to her work as a professor, Dr. Perry served as a guest curator for The Metropolitan Museum’s “Selection of Nineteenth-Century Afro-American Art,” the first comprehensive...
Dates:
1907-2019
Found in:
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Archives