Charles Henry Alston was an American painter, sculptor, illustrator, muralist and teacher who lived and worked in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem. Alston was active in the Harlem Renaissance; Alston was the first African-American supervisor for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. Alston designed and painted murals at the Harlem Hospital and the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building. In 1990, Alston's bust of Martin Luther King Jr. became the first image of an African American displayed at the White House.
In Collection: Works Progress Administration (WPA) Art (View all 231)
Joseph Leboit (American, 1907-2002)
Adolfo Mexiac (Mexican, 1927-2019)
David Burke (American, 1935–1943)
Hughie Lee-Smith (American, 1915 – 1999)
Chuzu Tamatzu (American, 20th century)
Nan Lurie (American, 1910–1985)
Louis Lozowick (American, 1892-1973)
Mortimer Borne (American, 1902-1987)
Katherine Sanderson (American, 20th century)
Bernard P. Schardt (American, 1904-1979)
Fred Becker (American, 1913-2004)
Marion Kronfeld (American, 1912- 2004)
Helen West Heller (American, 1872 – 1955)