Kara Shepherd (February 18, 1911 - October 1984) was an African-American surrealist painter. A native of Culpeper, Virginia, where she was born on the family farm, Shepherd early expressed an interest in art, receiving encouragement from her parents. She studied at the Philadelphia School of Art in 1926; the Art Students League of New York in 1950; Fordham University in 1960; the École des Beaux-Arts, Fontainelbleau from 1962 to 1964; and Arizona State University from 1979 to 1980. Her work is represented in public and private collections. References 1911 births 1984 deaths American surrealist artists American women painters African-American women artists 20th-century American painters 20th-century American women artists Art Students League of New York alumni Fordham University alumni Arizona State University alumni People from Culpeper, Virginia Painters from Virginia 20th-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American painters