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John Biggers
John Thomas Biggers is considered a genius in African American art. He expressed his art in many different forms, including poetry, sculpture, illustrations, paintings and murals. He is most famous for his paintings and murals.
Biggers made large contributions to African American art, the development of African American Artists, black communities in general, and American art, all over the united states. He was recruited to develop the Art department at Texas State University in Houston. He is also partly responsible for the demolish of the segregation rules of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. (Vordees, 1997) Also, Some of his work was used as a starting point for the design of the set for the play "Oak and Ivy" after his death. These are only a few examples of his contributions to African American arts. The intention of this paper is to explore the life of John Biggers and verify the claim that he is truly a genius in African American art.
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