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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
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Keywords (34)
Art Method
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Art Pottery
- •Bronze
- •Ceramics
- •Charcoal
- •Clay, Earthenware Vessels
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Oil Paint
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Mexico and/or Central America
Art School
- •School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
- •Printmaking Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Brooklyn Museum of Art
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
- •Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art