The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
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John Thomas Riddle PUBLICATIONS
1934 Los Angeles, California - 2002 Atlanta, Georgia. Known for: Sculptor and painting-Black American themes, commercial artist.
Beginning his career as a figurative artist, John Riddle altered his focus as a result of the Watts riots to themes of African Americans. He explored their harsh conditions in south-central Los... Read full biography
Beginning his career as a figurative artist, John Riddle altered his focus as a result of the Watts riots to themes of African Americans. He explored their harsh conditions in south-central Los Angeles and from the debris left from the riots, created welded-steel sculptures expressing those ideas.... Read full biography
Beginning his career as a figurative artist, John Riddle altered his focus as a result of the Watts riots to themes of African Americans. He explored their harsh conditions in south-central Los Angeles and from the debris left from the riots, created welded-steel sculptures expressing those ideas. One work, "The Ghetto Merchant," was created from a cash register from a fire-gutted store. Riddle became curator of the California African American Museum in Los Angeles. Source: "Scottsdale... Read full biography
Beginning his career as a figurative artist, John Riddle altered his focus as a result of the Watts riots to themes of African Americans. He explored their harsh conditions in south-central Los Angeles and from the debris left from the riots, created welded-steel sculptures expressing those ideas. One work, "The Ghetto Merchant," was created from a cash register from a fire-gutted store. Riddle became curator of the California African American Museum in Los Angeles. Source: "Scottsdale Tribune," 03/11/2002... Read full biography
Beginning his career as a figurative artist, John Riddle altered his focus as a result of the Watts riots to themes of African Americans. He explored their harsh conditions in south-central Los Angeles and from the debris left from the riots, created welded-steel sculptures expressing those ideas. One work, "The Ghetto Merchant," was created from a cash register from a fire-gutted store. Riddle became curator of the California African American Museum in Los Angeles. Source: "Scottsdale Tribune," 03/11/2002... Read full biography
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Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesSt. James Guide to Black Artists: Published in Association with Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
1997Riggs, Thomas (Editor); Howard Dobson (Preface)625 pages