David Driskell, 88, Pivotal Champion of African-American Art, Dies of Covid-19
EXPLORE ARTICLES FROM ART JOURNAL AND THE ART BULLETIN IN HONOR OF PROFESSOR DAVID C. DRISKELL
“Driskell did not so much discover the best known African-American artists as he did establish African-American art as a legitimate and distinct field of study,” Keith Morrison, who was then dean of the Tyler School of Art at Temple University, wrote in the foreword to “David C. Driskell: Artist and Scholar,” a 2006 biography by Julie L. McGee.
Modified on April 25, 2020