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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 - Artist Info
About John Anansa Thomas Biggers: Keywords
Keywords (35)
Art Method
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Charcoal
- •Conte Crayon
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Ink
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
- •Female Face and Figure
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Narrative, Story Telling
- •Social Realism
Art Association
- •American Federation of Arts
- •National Society of Mural Painters
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Axelrod Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Genre Specialty
- •Harlem Renaissance Artist
- •Mural Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Knoedler Gallery, New York City
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York