Art Whisper Open the appOpen app
Negro Masks by Malvin Gray Johnson

Negro Masks

Malvin Gray Johnson · 1932

Scroll
DETAILS
Artist
Malvin Gray Johnson
Date
1932
Location
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ART MOVEMENTS
Harlem Renaissance
AUDIO DEEP DIVE

Stand in front of it and listen

The full narration walks you through Negro Masks — the story behind it, the details most visitors miss, and why it matters. Free in the Art Whisper app.

Get the free app
0:00Preview · 0:30Free preview · 0:30 Hear the full story in the app
THE ARTIST

Malvin Gray Johnson

1896–1934 · United States

Harlem Renaissance painter who blended Cubism with African American spirituals, dying at just 38.

Read Johnson’s full story
KEEP EXPLORING

More works to explore

Beyond Johnson: works from the same years.

Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray Same era · 1910s–1940s Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray Piet Mondrian · 1921 · Art Institute of Chicago That Which I Should Have Done I Did Not Do (The Door) Same era · 1910s–1940s That Which I Should Have Done I Did Not Do (The Door) Ivan Puni · 1931 · Art Institute of Chicago American Gothic Same era · 1910s–1940s American Gothic Okada Saburosuke · 1930 · Art Institute of Chicago Straße mit Passanten bei Nachtbeleuchtung Same era · 1910s–1940s Straße mit Passanten bei Nachtbeleuchtung Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1927 · Museum Frieder Burda The Indestructibles Same era · 1910s–1940s The Indestructibles Philip Evergood · 1946 · Art Institute of Chicago The Eye Same era · 1910s–1940s The Eye René Magritte · 1932 · Art Institute of Chicago The Red Armchair Same era · 1910s–1940s The Red Armchair Pablo Picasso · 1931 · Art Institute of Chicago American Gothic Same era · 1910s–1940s American Gothic Grant Wood · 1930 · Art Institute of Chicago
Hear Negro Masks’s storyFree in the Art Whisper app Open