Photographs & Portraits Paul Robeson, 1924 by Doris Ulmann Paul Robeson, 1925 by Winold Reiss (NYPL Digital Gallery) Paul Robeson Portrait, 1928 by Hugo Gellert. Portrait Bust of Paul Robeson, 1928 by Sir Jacob Epstein. Ecclesiastical & Icelandic, 1930 December 1, 1930 Time article reports the removal of Antonio Salemme's nude figure of Robeson from an art exhibit at New York's Union League Club. Emperor Jones, 1933 Photograph by Edward Steichen. Portrait of Paul Robeson, 1933 Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. It's also available in a Smithsonian version. Paul Robeson, Baritone, 1942 One of a series of photographs by Gordon Parks in the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection at the Library of Congress. See a second view, a third, a fourth, and a fifth. Paul Robeson leading Moore Shipyard [Oakland, CA] workers in singing The Star-Spangled Banner, September 1942 Russian War Anniversary Benefit at the Watergate, Washington, DC, 1942 ( Another view ) Gordon Parks also photographed Robeson backstage ( another view ). Other backstage views show Robeson with Melvyn Douglas; with Sonia Trembach and Paul Kovrigaof of the Balalaika Orchestra; with Madame Litvinoff, wife of the Russian ambassador; and with autograph seekers ( another view ). Editorial drawing of Paul Robeson, 1943 By artist Charles H. Alston. Paul Robeson, 1943-44 Oil painting by Betsy Graves Reyneau. Othello, 1944 Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. 1945, Othello ( Another view ) Spingarn Medal Dinner, 1945 View of the dining room, Hotel Biltmore, when the Spingarn Medal of the NAACP was awarded to Paul Robeson. Another view. Camilla Williams with Jacob Epstein's bust of Paul Robeson, 1946 Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. Du Bois, W. E. B., and Paul Robeson, Salle Pleyel, Paris, World Peace Congress, 1949 April 20 Paul Robeson and Charlotta Bass, ca. 1949 Paul Robeson Awaits Testimony before the Committee of Un-American Activities , ca. 1949 Portrait of Paul Robeson, 1950, Roy DeCarava Paul Robeson Birthday Card, c. 1973 555 Edgecomb Avenue, 1979 (Historic American Buildings Survey) Paul Robeson's residence in New York City, from American Memory at the Library of Congress. The National Park Service's We Shall Overcome site also has a page on the Paul Robeson home, a National Historic Landmark. Paul Robeson, 1999 Mural by artist Peter Pagast at 4502 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Paul Robeson, 2004 (Robert Shetterly, Americans Who Tell the Truth) Important Artists [undated] (The Negro Spiritual Workshop) Paul Robeson Photo Gallery [various dates] (Silent Ladies & Gents) Paul Robeson's Grave Paul Robeson is buried in Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, NY.

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