How Richard Wright Shaped John Wilson’s Protest Art

Wilson, like Wright before him, wrestled with the psychic toll of racial violence on Black families in his paintings and lithographs.

How Richard Wright Shaped John Wilson’s Protest Art
John Wilson, “Study for the Mural ‘The Incident’” (1952), opaque and transparent watercolor, ink, and graphite (photo courtesy the Estate of John Woodrow Wilson / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; all other photos A.G. Sims/Hyperallergic)