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historical notes
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James Hill was a gifted scholar, scientist, educator, and art collector, with a collection that included important Harlem Renaissance artists, American arts, and handicrafts. Among others, Romare Bearden, Cornelius Marion Battey, Elizabeth Catlett, Eldzier Cortor, Daniel Freeman, Sam Gilliam, Palmer Hayden, Ethel P. Hood, May Howard Jackson, Lois Mailou Jones, Claude Lawrence, Jacob Lawrence, L. Leslie, Michael Platt, Addison Scurlock, Augusta Savage, James L. Wells, Charles White, and Hale Woodruff were in his collection. He was an enthusiastic supporter of artists and programs at the Howard University Art Gallery and the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University, as well as a frequent lecturer at the Smithsonian Institution's Anacostia Community Museum. |
