Watch this video on the American painter Thelma Johnson Streat (1912–1959), who painted Girl with Bird in 1950. Streat was an African-American artist, dancer, and educator who was known for her art, performance, and work to foster intercultural understanding and appreciation during the 1940s.
Thelma Johnson Streat, Girl with Bird, 1950, oil and collage on paper, 51.4 x 36.8 cm (Georgia Museum of Art, Athens), a Seeing America video.
Source: Shawnya L. Harris and Dr. Beth Harris, Smarthistory, https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/post-war-american-art/postwar-figurative-art/v/thelma-streat-girl-with-bird
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