Hale Woodruff moved between social-realist mural painting, modernist figuration and abstraction. His Amistad murals at Talladega College became a landmark depiction of Black resistance and history.
Painting; mural; printmaking
Major Works
- 1938–39The Amistad Mutiny
- 1939The Trial of the Amistad Captives
- 1939The Repatriation of the Freed Captives
- 1944Poor Man’s Cotton
- 1939Mutiny on the Amistad
- 1950sCelestial Gate
- 1950sAfro Emblems
- 1930sLandscape
- 1960sAbstract Composition
- 1930sAtlanta University murals
Interviews & Writing
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