Question

What contemporary modern art element did aaron douglas add to his art

Answer 1

Abstraction; it wouldn't be Cubism because he was a part of the Harlem Renaissance movement which meant African-American artists were aiming to get away from European influences on their art.

Answer 2

Aaron Douglas was a famous African-American graphic artist and also a painter who was a very important individual in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s. He created a singular mix of Afro-centric allegory and a contemporary element modern art characteristic: Modernist abstraction.