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Edwin Augustus Harleston

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American painter (1882-1931)

United StatesArtistsLived 1882 to 1931 · aged 49
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Edwin Augustus Harleston was an American artist and founding president of the Charleston, South Carolina, branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He is known for his realistic portraits of African Americans inspired by classical paintings.

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Edwin Harleston, Portrait of a Woman, oil on canvas, 1920.Edwin Harleston, Portrait of a Woman, oil on canvas, 1920.Portrait of Aaron Douglas (1930), featured in the Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of ArtPortrait of Aaron Douglas (1930), featured in the Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Edwin Augustus Harleston was an American artist and founding president of the Charleston, South Carolina, branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He is known for his realistic portraits of African Americans inspired by classical paintings. He was excluded from the whites-only artistic movement later known as the Charleston Renaissance.

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United States
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Artists
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Artist
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deceased
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Lived 1882 to 1931 · aged 49
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