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  1. With Powerful Murals, Hale Woodruff Paved The Way For African-American Artists - he founded what was known as the Exhibition for African American artists

    by , 12-27-2015 at 01:12 AM


    Artist Hale Aspacio Woodruff was commissioned to paint the Amistad Murals in 1938.

    Most Americans know little about the painter Hale Woodruff, but he had a profound influence on 20th century American art. Like many black artists in the 1920s, Woodruff left the country for Paris. He later studied in Mexico with Diego Rivera.
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  2. On The National Mall, An American Portrait In Sand And Soil

    by , 10-20-2014 at 04:37 AM



    To see the National Portrait Gallery's Out of Many, One in its entirety, visitors must take to the air above the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Tami Heilemann/Department of the Interior

    Last month on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., trucks pulled up bearing thousands of tons of dark topsoil and sand. Volunteers arrived with shovels and ...