Hale Woodruff, Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, and the Academy

by Amalia K. Amaki and Andrea Barnwell Brownlee

African American artists Hale Woodruff and Nancy Elizabeth Prophet both worked in Paris before they become colleagues in Atlanta. When Woodruff began teaching drawing and painting at Atlanta University in 1931 he opened a new era of art instruction. After Prophet arrived to teach sculpture in 1934, the art offerings expanded exponentially. By the mid-1930s, the Coordinated Art Program at Atlanta University Center was the place in the southeast for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029598693X
• ISBN13: 9780295986937
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.2" x 12.0"