African American Museum-Dallas
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3536 Grand Ave
Dallas, TX 75315
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John Anansa Thomas Biggers MUSEUMS
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: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (16)
All MuseumsArt Museum of South Texas
1902 North Shoreline
Corpus Christi, TX 78401-1164California African American Museum
Exposition Park
600 State Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037Clark Atlanta University Art Museum
223 James P. Brawley Dr Sw
Trevor Arnett Hall, 2nd Floor
Atlanta, GA 30314Columbia Museum of Art
Main At Hampton
Po Box 2068
Columbia, SC 29202Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201Mint Museum of Art
2730 Randolph Road
Charlotte, NC 28207-2031Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1001 Bissonnet
Po Box 6826
Houston, TX 77005National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives
Po Box 7646
Philadelphia, PA 19101Portland Art Museum, Oregon
1219 Sw Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205San Diego Museum of Art
Balboa Park, 1450 el Prado
Po 122107
San Diego, CA 92101The African American Museum in Philadelphia
701 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106-1557The Johnson Collection
100 Dunbar Street, Suite 203
Spartanburg, SC 29306University of Texas Art Gallery
University of Texas
One Utsa Circle
San Antonio, TX 78249Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103-2990