Miss Jane Pittman

Painting

Milwaukee Public Library

Name/Title

Miss Jane Pittman

Artwork Details

Medium

Acrylic on Canvas

Context

Through February 2027, see Miss Jane Pittman on exhibit at Bronzeville Center for the Arts in "Building Bronzeville: Milwaukee's Black Arts Movement." Presumably the Miss Jane Pittman from the novel The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines, later pictured in a television film of the same name starring Cicely Tyson which aired on CBS in January 1974 (also the date of the painting).

Collection

Permanent Art Collection, Wisconsin Art Collection

Made/Created

Artist

William J. Christian

Date made

1974

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature and Date

Transcription

"Wm. Christian 74"

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Framed Size

Height

25 in

Width

20 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Freewheelers

Related Publications

Notes

This work and materials pertaining to the artist are available in the Milwaukee Black Arts Movement digital collection: https://content.mpl.org/digital/collection/MkeBAM/. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines, Call Number: FIC GAINES. Just as I Am: A Memoir by Cicely Tyson (New York: NY, 2021), Call Number: 927.973 T9945A.

Exhibitions

Notes

“Building Bronzeville: Milwaukee’s Black Arts Movement,” Bronzeville Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI, September 24, 2026-February 26, 2027.