Self Portrait No. 6
Type:Drawing
Year:1997
Size:15.00" x 12.00"
Medium:Pen and ink
Signed:Signed and Dated
John Wilson ART FOR SALE
1922 Roxbury, Massachusetts - 2015 Brookline, Massachusetts. Known for: Genre-figure painting, sculpture, graphics.
John Wilson, at 92; artist spurred by social realities. Obituary. Boston Globe, January 26, 2015. By Bryan Marquard . In the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., stands a 3-foot-tall bronze bust of... Read full biography
John Wilson, at 92; artist spurred by social realities. Obituary. Boston Globe, January 26, 2015. By Bryan Marquard . In the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., stands a 3-foot-tall bronze bust of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. that is surely the most viewed creation of John Wilson, an artist who... Read full biography
John Wilson, at 92; artist spurred by social realities. Obituary. Boston Globe, January 26, 2015. By Bryan Marquard . In the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., stands a 3-foot-tall bronze bust of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. that is surely the most viewed creation of John Wilson, an artist who grew up in Roxbury and painted, sculpted, and made prints out of his home studio in Brookline for decades. Like much of his most important work, the bust brings viewers to the intersection of art and... Read full biography
John Wilson, at 92; artist spurred by social realities. Obituary. Boston Globe, January 26, 2015. By Bryan Marquard . In the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., stands a 3-foot-tall bronze bust of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. that is surely the most viewed creation of John Wilson, an artist who grew up in Roxbury and painted, sculpted, and made prints out of his home studio in Brookline for decades. Like much of his most important work, the bust brings viewers to the intersection of art and politics, of pure creativity and the desire to examine social injustice. Mr. Wilson, who was 92 when he died Thursday evening in his Brookline home, pursued that path since he was a boy on Roxbury's streets, learning to sketch and honing a... Read full biography
John Wilson, at 92; artist spurred by social realities. Obituary. Boston Globe, January 26, 2015. By Bryan Marquard . In the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., stands a 3-foot-tall bronze bust of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. that is surely the most viewed creation of John Wilson, an artist who grew up in Roxbury and painted, sculpted, and made prints out of his home studio in Brookline for decades. Like much of his most important work, the bust brings viewers to the intersection of art and politics, of pure creativity and the desire to examine social injustice. Mr. Wilson, who was 92 when he died Thursday evening in his Brookline home, pursued that path since he was a boy on Roxbury's streets, learning to sketch and honing a burgeoning talent that eventually would place his paintings and sculptures in the Museum of Fine Arts and far beyond. "... Read full biography
John Wilson - Art for Sale (6 available)
Richard Wright, Down by the River
Type:Etching
Year:2001
Size:12.00" x 16.00"
Medium:Etching
Signed:Signed and Dated
Edition:109/300
Notes:
Limited Editions Club 4 etchings by John Wilson. Oblong folio, publisher's blue cloth stamped in black on front cover; blue clamshell cloth box, image and sheet size: 12 x 16 inches. signed, numbered 109/300
Gabby
Type:Drawing
Year:1998
Size:11.00" x 9.00"
Medium:Pencil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
The sitter is Gabrielle (“Gabby”), the artist's oldest granddaughter.
El Cargador
Type:Print
Year:1952
Size:12.00" x 11.00"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Signed and Dated
Sherry
Type:Drawing
Year:1976
Size:30.00" x 20.00"
Medium:Pastel
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
The sitter is Sherry Higgins, a friend of the artist's children.
Young Woman at Window
Type:Drawing
Year:1995
Size:7.50" x 8.00"
Medium:Pastel
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
The sitter is Sherry Higgins, a close friends of the artist’s children. Provenance: Estate of the artist Exhibited: Bomani Gallery, San Francisco, "Drawings, Paintings, and Sculpture by John Wilson (Living Legend Series)", January 13 – February 29, 2000