Happy 150th Birthday to ARTURO ALFONSO SCHOMBURG

This is a portrait I painted of Arturo Alfonso Schomberg, a proud Afro-Puerto Rican who contributed to the struggle against white supremacy by becoming a documentarian and archivist of Black history. The portrait is 24” X 30”, acrylic paint on canvas. It was inspired by my deepest respect for the life and legacy of this revolutionary Afro-Puerto Rican.

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About Arturo Alfonso Schomburg: Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (January 24, 1874 – June 10, 1938), was a historian, writer, collector, and activist. He also wrote many books. Schomburg was a Puerto Rican of African and German descent. He moved to the United States in 1891, where he researched and raised awareness of the contributions that Afro-Latin Americans and African Americans have made to society. He was an important intellectual figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Over the years, he collected literature, art, slave narratives, and other materials of African history, which were purchased to become the basis of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, named in his honor, at the New York Public Library (NYPL) branch in Harlem.