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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812323303321

Autore

Theisen Ollie Jensen

Titolo

A life on paper : the drawings and lithographs of John Thomas Biggers / / Olive Jensen Theisen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Denton, Tex., : University of North Texas Press, c2006

ISBN

1-281-13305-1

9786611133054

1-57441-394-5

1-4337-1115-X

1-4356-2316-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BiggersJohn Thomas <1924-2001.>

Disciplina

760.092

B

Soggetti

African American artists

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-143) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: An Introduction; CHAPTER TWO: Early Years and Education, 1924-1949; CHAPTER THREE: Building in Houston and Texas Southern University, 1949-1957; CHAPTER FOUR: Africa and Post-Africa, 1957-1974; CHAPTER FIVE: Developing and Integrating the Iconography, 1974-1983; CHAPTER SIX: Mature Years, 1984-2001; Afterword; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

John Thomas Biggers (1924-2001) was a major African American artist who inspired countless others through his teaching, murals, paintings, and drawings. Based on interviewes during the last thirteen years of his life, this title features selected representative works of John.