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I Think You Will Like This: The Black Aristocratic Fine-Art Gallery

Added 2020-08-28 07:10:00 +0000 UTC

Over on Instagram, I've been sharing some accounts and creators who brighten up my feed with their creativity and just generally make the world a little better with their contributions. I'll doing a little cross-posting here, so you folks don't miss out. Check them out, give ‘em a follow, patronize their endeavors if it’s an option!

Today: The Black Aristocratic Fine-Art Gallery
Website: https://www.blackaristocratart.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackaristocratart

Painter Glory Samjolly loves art history and historical portraiture, but was frustrated to find so little representation of Black subjects and artists in the classic museums and galleries. So, Samjolly took matters into her own hands and launched her own online.

In her own words, “The 'Black Aristocratic Fine-Art' gallery will be a social enterprise, as well as an educational site which delves into the remnants of 'Black' art-history in Europe. No other website or gallery will have such content as this site, which collates famous portraits of Black/ ethnic nobles from the Renaissance up to the Edwardian era. This website will also be a platform for featuring contemporary artists whom criticise gender and race in art history through their practice. At this present time, no such website or gallery in Europe exists.”

These historical paintings and illustrations have so much to teach us about Europe’s history and the lives of the Black people who lived there in that time. Thank you to Glory for compiling them! She also accepts submissions of both classical AND contemporary art that engages with the classic art through the gallery’s website.