Harold Black (artist) explained

Harold Black
Birth Date:	December 13, 1913
Birth Place:	New York City, US
Death Place:	Mexico City, Mexico
Field:	Muralist, painter

Harold Black (1913–1993) was an American artist known for his work with the Works Progress Administration (WPA).^[1] Born on December 13, 1913, in New York City he attended National Academy of Design.^[2] He was married to fellow artist Isabel Bate (1909–1995). The couple lived in New York City. They were commissioned by the WPA to complete eight murals for the U.S. Post Office in Salina, Kansas. The couple completed the murals and sent them to Salina, but they were never installed.^[3] The couple also illustrated the 1941 book The Kaw: The Heart of a Nation by Floyd Benjamin Streeter.^[4] Black's work was included in the 1940 Museum of Modern Art exhibition and competition The Artist as Reporter.^[5]

Black died on January 23, 1993, in Mexico City, Mexico.^[2] His work is in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.^[1]

External links

• images of Black's work on ArtNet

Notes and References

1. Web site: Harold Black . Smithsonian American Art Museum . 8 October 2022.
2. Web site: Harold Black . AskArt . 8 October 2022.
3. Book: Craig . Susan V. . Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945) . 11 August 2006 . Univ. of Kansas . 978-1-936153-00-8 . 25 .
4. Web site: Reynolds . Horace . The History of Kansas Flows With the Kaw River; Mr. Streeter Presents That Story as a Trilogy of Border Wars, Cow Towns and Wheat The Kaw: The Heart of a Nation. By Floyd Benjamin Streeter. Illustrated by Isabel Bate and Harold Black. 371 pp. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. $2.50. . The New York Times . 7 October 2022 . 2 March 1941.
5. Web site: Harold Black . The Museum of Modern Art . 8 October 2022 . en.