Catalog of a traveling exhibition first held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Apr. 2-Aug. 28, 1995.
"A beautiful tribute to a man and his art"---Review of Texas Books --
John Thomas Biggers (1924-2001) was a major African American artist who inspired countless others through his teaching, murals, paintings, and drawings.
Black Art in Houston: The Texas Southern University Experience : Presenting the Art of Biggers, Simms and Their Students
Ananse: The Web of Life in Africa
John Biggers: My America : the 1940s and 1950s : Paintings, Sculpture & Drawings
Insightful essays survey Biggers’s career, his art in relation to music, and the history upon which the series draws.
Young readers moreover gain a positive depiction of Africa in art and art history through this book.
[Sports murals j(gonc}, William Edouard Scott, 1915, Fisk University gymnasium and Student Union, Nashville. Street Scene, William Walker, 1954, ... Texas At the Park, Arleen R. Polite, 1992, Holly Street Power Plant/Menz Park, Austin.
What a Wonderful World!: A Child's View of the Art of John Biggers
From his father-son trips to museums and galleries with Calvin Hill during NCAA Final Fours, to his relationship as a patron of the works of Romare Bearden and Elizabeth Catlett, among others, Hill sets out on the worthy mission of bringing ...