John Biggers used his gifts as a teacher and artist to shape the image of black people,
whether Southern or African, as humane, universal spirits. As a muralist, Dr. Biggers
was greatly influenced by Charles Alston, Aaron Douglas, José Orozco, Diego Rivera and
Hale Woodruff. He was born in Gastonia, North Carolina, 1924. In 1941 he entered
Hampton Institute and received his M.S., Pennsylvania State University, University Park,
1948. Biggers earned his Ph.D., from Pennsylvania State University, in 1954 and joined
the staff at Texas Southern University, in 1949.
His first trip to Africa was in 1957 and he retired as head of art department, Texas
Southern University, 1983. His prolific career as a visual artist is nothing less than
spectacular. John Biggers wanted, as an artist, to experience it all. He became a muralist,
draftsman, sculptor, lithographer, and a painter using an array of different mediums.
Added to this, he became a philosopher and teacher of the arts. His interpretation of the
African-American experience is said "to possess an uncommon intensity of the soul."
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"Jubilee: Ghana Harvest Festival"
Limited edition of 195
Serigraph
18 x 46 inches
$5000
"Four Seasons"
Limited edition
1984 color lithograph
24 x 32 inches
$5000
Four Seasons depicts the steadfastness of African American
women throughout all the seasons of the year.
"The Upper Room"
Limited edition
1984 Lithograph
48 x 36 inches
$8000
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