Aaron Douglas - Boy with Toy Plane
‘A boy with toy Plane’ is an artwork that was painted in 1938 by an African American artist and painter Aaron Douglas. Born in 1899 in Kansas, he proved and established himself as a leading artist of African style. In 1922, he received his graduate degree from the University of Nebraska. Then he shifted to the New York and settled in Harlem and it is where he adapted and realized the local culture. In a short time, he started creating illustrations for the two most prominent magazines at that time known as ‘Opportunity’ and ‘The Crisis’. These magazines have close association ...
