{"product_id":"a-life-on-paper-the-drawings-and-lithographs-of-john-thomas-biggers-9781574412208","title":"A Life on Paper: The Drawings and Lithographs of John Thomas Biggers","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Thomas Biggers (19242001) was a major African American artist who inspired countless others through his teaching  murals  paintings  and drawings. After receiving conventional art training at Hampton Institute and Pennsylvania State  he had his personal and artistic breakthrough in 1957 when he spent six months in the newly independent country of Ghana. From this time forward  he integrated African abstract elements with his rural Southern images to create a personal iconography. His new approach made him famous  as his personal discovery of African heritage fit in well with the growing U.S. civil rights movement. He is best known for his murals at Hampton University  Winston-Salem University  and Texas Southern  but the drawings and lithographs that lie behind the murals have received scant attentionuntil now.  Theisen interviewed Dr. Biggers during the last thirteen years of his life  and was welcomed into his studio innumerable times. Together  they selected representative works for this volume  some of which have not been previously published for a general audience. After his death in 2001  his widow continued to work closely with Theisen  resulting in a book that is intimate and informative for both the scholar and the student\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45529636143157,"sku":"ByrdShop_1574412205","price":250.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781574412208.jpg?v=1780939940","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/a-life-on-paper-the-drawings-and-lithographs-of-john-thomas-biggers-9781574412208","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}