David C. Driskell is a painter, author, leading African American art authority, recipient of ten honorary doctorates in art, noted curator, scholar, & lecturer, & an avid collector. His own paintings are in many public & private collections throughout the world. An exhibition of his personal collection has been touring museums in the United States for the past two years. He retired as distinguished University Professor of Art Emeritus from the University of Maryland, where he taught for twenty-two years.