abstract:Whitfield Lovell (born 1959 Bronx, New York) is a contemporary African-American artist who is known primarily for his drawings of African-American individuals from the first half of the twentieth century. Lovell creates these drawings in pencil, oil stick, or charcoal on paper, wood, or directly on walls.
Entertainer Harry Belafonte has been collecting African-American art since the 1950s, and Oprah Winfrey has been buying a mix of work, including pieces by contemporary artists like WhitfieldLovell.