... created an iconography (usage of recognizable symbols to convey the artist's message) representative of the Harlem Renaissance era. Some of the most popular artist was Palmer Hayden, James Van Der Zee, Lois Mailou Jones, and William H. Johnson. Born Peyton Hedgeman, he was given the name Palmer Hayden by his white commanding sergeant during World War I. In his town of birth, Wide Water ... from his realistic depictions of folklore and Black historical events. He, like Douglas, was also among the first Black American artists to use African subjects and designs in his painting. James Van ...

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... , in New York City, where aspiring black artists, writers, and musicians gathered, sharing their experiences and provided encouragement to each other. One of the leading figures of the period was James Weldon Johnson , author of the pioneering novel Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912), and perhaps best known for God's Trombones (1927), a collection of seven sermons in free verse. Johnson ... Poets in 1927. Langston Hughes published his first collection of verse, The Weary Blues, in 1926, and his novel Not Without Laughter appeared in 1930. In 1929 Wallace Thurman and William Jourde...

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