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Kindred Spirits: Artists Hilda Wilkinson Brown and Lilian Thomas Burwell

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Season 1 Episode 1 | 2m 45s

Artist Hilda Wilkinson Brown did not live to see the acquisition of several of her paintings by major museums. Her niece, nonagenarian Lilian Thomas Burwell, is experiencing a wave of recognition for her own "sculptural paintings." The story of these two Black women’s interconnected lives, their artwork and sources of inspiration are presented against the backdrop of a segregated Washington, D.C.

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Kindred Spirits: Artists Hilda Wilkinson Brown and Lilian Thomas Burwell
Summers at Oak Bluffs
Hilda Wilkinson Brown spent her summers painting at Oak Bluffs in Martha’s Vineyard.
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Kindred Spirits: Artists Hilda Wilkinson Brown and Lilian Thomas Burwell
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A Black aunt and niece become accomplished artists in segregated Washington, D.C.
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Kindred Spirits: Artists Hilda Wilkinson Brown and Lilian Thomas Burwell
Painting as Sculpture
Lilian Thomas Burwell describes the process of creating her "sculptural paintings."
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Kindred Spirits: Artists Hilda Wilkinson Brown and Lilian Thomas Burwell
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A Black aunt and niece become accomplished artists in segregated Washington, D.C.
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