Charles Henry Alston
Harlem Renaissance muralist and educator
Charles Henry Alston was an American painter, sculptor, illustrator, muralist and teacher who lived and worked in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem. Alston was active in the Harlem Renaissance; Alston was the first African-American supervisor for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. Alston designed and painted murals at the Harlem Hospital and the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building. In 1990, Alston's bust of Martin Luther King Jr. became the first image of an African American displayed at the White House.
Relationship Network
Master student
- Thomas Hicks Master
Parent child
- George Arthur Fripp Parent
- George Augustus Sala Parent
- Henry Mayo Bateman Parent
Artworks by this artist
- Stud Poker 1935-1943
- Barn and Broken Down Silo 1935-1943
- Deserted House 1935-43
- Who Likes War 1935-1943
- Harlem Street Scene 1935-1943
- Barn and Tree 1940