Four Seasons
Type:Print
Year:1990
Size:25.00" x 33.00"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Signed
Edition:29/120
Notes:
1990 color lithograph 25 x 33 inches signed, numbered 29/120 Pricing available upon request.
John Anansa Thomas Biggers ART FOR SALE
1924 Gastonia, North Carolina - 2001 Houston, Texas. Known for: Narrative mural painting-African-American subjects.
Following are excerpts from The New York Times obituary, January 30, 2001, by Holland Cotter:. John Biggers, a painter, printmaker and sculptor known for his meticulous depictions of African and... Read full biography
Following are excerpts from The New York Times obituary, January 30, 2001, by Holland Cotter:. John Biggers, a painter, printmaker and sculptor known for his meticulous depictions of African and African-American life, died on Thursday at his home in Houston. He was 76. The cause was a heart attack,... Read full biography
Following are excerpts from The New York Times obituary, January 30, 2001, by Holland Cotter:. John Biggers, a painter, printmaker and sculptor known for his meticulous depictions of African and African-American life, died on Thursday at his home in Houston. He was 76. The cause was a heart attack, said Carl Ards, Mr. Biggers's brother-in- law. Mr. Biggers's art, often in the form of public murals, was grounded in the humanistic spirit and social realist narrative style of the 1930's and 40's.... Read full biography
Following are excerpts from The New York Times obituary, January 30, 2001, by Holland Cotter:. John Biggers, a painter, printmaker and sculptor known for his meticulous depictions of African and African-American life, died on Thursday at his home in Houston. He was 76. The cause was a heart attack, said Carl Ards, Mr. Biggers's brother-in- law. Mr. Biggers's art, often in the form of public murals, was grounded in the humanistic spirit and social realist narrative style of the 1930's and 40's. Over the years it grew increasingly emblematic, with figures and architectural forms arranged in intricate patterns that suggested quilts, African textiles and modernist geometric abstraction. Mr. Biggers was born in Gastonia, N.C., in 1924, the... Read full biography
Following are excerpts from The New York Times obituary, January 30, 2001, by Holland Cotter:. John Biggers, a painter, printmaker and sculptor known for his meticulous depictions of African and African-American life, died on Thursday at his home in Houston. He was 76. The cause was a heart attack, said Carl Ards, Mr. Biggers's brother-in- law. Mr. Biggers's art, often in the form of public murals, was grounded in the humanistic spirit and social realist narrative style of the 1930's and 40's. Over the years it grew increasingly emblematic, with figures and architectural forms arranged in intricate patterns that suggested quilts, African textiles and modernist geometric abstraction. Mr. Biggers was born in Gastonia, N.C., in 1924, the youngest of seven children, in a house built by his father, a schoolteacher, farmer and Baptist mi... Read full biography
John Anansa Thomas Biggers - Art for Sale (4 available)
Autumn Twins
Type:Print
Year:1975
Size:25.25" x 19.75"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Signed and Dated
Edition:8/11
Notes:
Lithograph signed, dated 1975, titled, with "Artist's Proof Edition" 8/11 Dedicated: "with the hope of a golden future for the Williams family- John"
Ghana Women
Type:Drawing
Year:1957
Size:19.50" x 18.50"
Medium:Charcoal
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Signed, inscribed and dated, lower right. Provenance: From the Estate of Artist Herb Mears. Acquired directly from Dr. Biggers in the early 1960s. Exhibition History: 1962, Drawings from West Africa: Dr. John Biggers, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Return II
Type:Painting
Year:Circa 2000
Size:28.00" x 22.00"
Medium:Acrylic
Signed:Signed
Notes:
Signed and dated on reverse by Mrs. Hazel Biggers. With certificate signed by Mrs. Biggers.