Hidden Masters: Artists Rising Above Anonymity
 
The “Hidden Masters: Artists Rising Above Anonymity” series explores the artwork and examines the lives of artists whose careers were eclipsed by their contemporaries. This series will bring these artists to the forefront and pays homage to their creative genius.

Hidden Masters Exhibtion featurng Delilah Pierce
October 15th – February 11, 2012
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Hidden Masters:
 
Delilah Pierce (1904 – 1992) see Delilah Pierce art work

Born in Washington, D.C., in 1904, Delilah Pierce served as an educator, artist and curator. During the course of her professional career, she participated in exhibitions with preeminent African-American artists: Elizabeth Catlett, Margaret Burroughs, Richard Dempsey, David Driskell, William H. Johnson, Lois Mailou Jones, Jacob Lawrence, Hughie Lee Smith, Alma Thomas, James Wells, and Charles White. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, University of the District of Columbia, Howard University, Evans-Tibbs Collection, Barnett-Aden Collection, Smith-Mason Gallery of Art, Bowie State College.

 
Anderson Pigatt (1928 – 2009) see Anderson Pigatt’s art work

Anderson Pigatt was born in Raeford, North Carolina, October 20, 1928. Anderson launched his sculpture career late in 1960’s. He received vocational training in general woodworking and carpentry at George Washington Carver High School. A self-taught sculptor, his work is represented in a number of private and institutional collections. Other sculptures are in the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York; Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Baltimore, MD; and the American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD.