West Texas Museum Association records

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West Texas Museum Association records

1950-1969

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Scrapbooks containing institutional records and exhibition material, including the African art exhibition, 1963, which included masks from the Stanley Marcus Collection and 40 drawings by John Biggers based on his experiences in Ghana, the Texas Watercolor Association exhibitions, the Navajo weaving exhibition, the Sam Cantey Collection exhibition, and others.

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West Texas Museum Association

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The Plains Museum Society was created in 1929 to establish a museum in the South Plains of Texas. The society changed its name to West Texas Museum Association in 1935. Responsible for building the Texas Tech Museum in 1970 and the Ranching Heritage Center in 1976 in Lubbock, Texas. From the description of Records, 1989. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 25476297 The Plains Museum Society was created in 1929 to establish a museum in the South Plains of Texas. The ...

Texas Watercolor Association.

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Biggers, John Thomas, 1924-2001

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John Thomas Biggers (1924-2001), African American artist, was born in Gastonia, North Carolina. He attended Hampton Institute in Virginia and started taking art classes under the tutelage of Viktor Lowenfeld. Lowenfeld moved to Pennsylvania State University, and Biggers followed him to study in the art department there. He received his doctorate from the University in 1954. A few years earlier, Biggers had moved to Houston, Texas to establish the art department at Texas Southern University. ...