image of dignity – the drawings of charles white

Happy birthday to the late Chicago born artist Charles White (April 2, 1918 – October 3, 1979) – one of the most celebrated African American artists.

“White was committed to illustrating the realistic historical and present day experiences of blacks during his lifetime. Whether this experience reflected the unpleasantness of poverty, the dehumanizing despair of enslavement, inequality or the abounding hopes of a new mother; Charles White used his uncommon talent to transcend boundaries and inspire humankind to “better understand the abstract meaning of beauty, truth and reality.”