Alonzo J. Aden

Biography

Alonzo J. Aden (May 6, 1906 – October 13, 1961) was an art historian and gallerist. He served as curator of "Hall of Negro Life" at the Texas Centennial Exposition, the first major Black arts and culture exhibit at a world's fair, and the American Negro Exposition in Chicago. Aden co-founded with James V. Herring the Barnett-Aden Gallery, one of the first Black-owned art galleries in the United States.

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