Gwendolyn B. Bennett — a remark

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“Few of us know that the art of the African Negro is the basic foundation of all the new schools of art in Europe.”

Arguing strongly for recognition of African art's influence on European modernism · Essay, The Future of the Negro in Art, 1924

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Gwendolyn B. Bennett

8 July 1902–30 May 1981

Gwendolyn B. Bennett was a radiant force in American literature and art, a woman whose life wove together the threads of creativity, resilience, and quiet revolution during one of the most electrifying cultural awakenings in the nation's history. Born on July 8, 1902, in Giddings, Texas, and passing away on May 30…

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