Below are examples of African American artists with works featured in the United States Capitol and congressional office buildings. This list is not exhaustive.
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Sculptor Artis Lane gives remarks at the Sojourner Truth bust dedication ceremony.
Locations for works in public areas are provided.
See also: African Americans in Art
Artists and Their Work(s)
Littleton Alston (1958– )
- Bronze statue of Willa Cather, novelist, journalist and editor
Capitol Visitor Center, upper level pedestrian corridor.
Jerrell Gibbs (1988– )
- Portrait of Elijah Eugene Cummings, chair of House Committee on Oversight and Reform
Simmie Knox (1935– )
- Portrait of Blanche Kelso Bruce, senator from Mississippi
Senate Wing, third floor. - Portrait of John Conyers, chair of the House Committee on Government Operations
- Portrait of John Conyers, chair of the House Judiciary Committee
- Portrait of William H. Gray III, chair of House Committee on the Budget
- Portrait of Joseph Hayne Rainey, representative from South Carolina
House Connecting Corridor, first floor. - Portrait of Charles B. Rangel, chair of House Committee on Ways and Means
Artis Lane (1927– )
- Bronze bust of Sojourner Truth, abolitionist and women's right advocate
Capitol Visitor Center, Emancipation Hall.
Kadir Nelson (1974– )
- Portrait of Shirley Anita Chisholm, representative from New York
House Connecting Corridor, first floor.
André White (1952– )
- Portrait of Ron Dellums, chair of House Committee on Armed Services
- Portrait of Florence Prag Kahn, first Jewish woman to serve in Congress
East grand stair, first floor landing.
John Wilson (1922–2015)
- Bronze bust of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights advocate
Capitol Rotunda.