Artist Alonzo Davis, Champion of Black American Art, Dies at 82

Artist Alonzo Davis, Champion of Black American Art, Dies at 82

A black-and-white portrait of Alonzo Davis (image courtesy Alonzo Davis Studios; all photos courtesy parrasch heijnen gallery)Artist and gallerist Alonzo Davis, who championed Black American art and culture over a six-decade career, passed away in Hyattsville, Maryland on Monday, January 27 at age 82. Parrasch Heijnen gallery, which began representing him in 2021, confirmed his death. The artist was born in 1942 in Tuskegee, Alabama, to parents …