Henry Ossawa Tanner, 'The good shepherd (Atlas Mountains, Morocco)' (circa 1930)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ossawa_Tanner
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Aaron Douglas, 'Aspiration' (1936)
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"Aspiration," created for the Texas Centennial of 1936, conveys the artist’s perception of a link between African/Egyptian and African American cultures—rejecting European claims to Egypt’s historical legacy.
https://www.famsf.org/artworks/aspiration
https://smarthistory.org/seeing-america-2/social-structures/teaching-guide-douglass-aspiration/
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