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A life on paper : the drawings and lithographs of John Thomas Biggers / Olive Jensen Theisen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Theisen, Ollie Jensen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American artists--Biography.
- African American artists.
- Biggers, John Thomas, 1924-2001.
- Biggers, John Thomas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (161 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-143) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-13305-1
- 9786611133054
- 1-57441-394-5
- 1-4337-1115-X
- 1-4356-2316-9
- OCLC:
- 193174355
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