Portrait of Elise J. McDougald

Winold Reiss's portrait of Elise J. McDougald, a prominent educator and writer of the Harlem Renaissance. McDougald was known for her essays on African American women's education and social progress, published in *The New Negro* anthology. Reiss, an Austrian-American illustrator and designer, became celebrated for his portraiture during the 1920s, capturing figures central to Black intellectual and cultural life in New York. This work exemplifies the visual documentation of the era's leading thinkers and represents Reiss's refined approach to portraiture through careful modeling of form and subtle color application.