The Legacy of John Biggers
The University Museum Collections
Dr. John Biggers, world-renowned artist, established the Art Department at Texas Southern University in 1949. One of his major goals for the University was to develop a collection of traditional African Art. Such a collection would enable the students at Texas Southern to develop a "perceptional growth" and cultural sensitivity to African Art. Through Dr. Biggers's initiative, the University has developed several collections that spark educational curiosity and artistic inspiration.
Works include murals, sculpture, 3D Art, paintings, photographs and more.
Selected Works













Latonia


Ichthus Kermit Oliver


Mural by Jesse Sifuentes

Earth and Fire by Roy Vinson Thomas,1970

Silk Soul by Robert Pruitt

Bantu Electric Bougueroo by Prinston Nnanna

Unknown Title by Lastarsha Dixon McGarity

A Triple Middle Passage by Harvey Johnson

We’ll Wait for You by Jamal Cyrus

Unknown Title, Sculpture by Elizabeth Montgomery Shelton

Nubia by John Biggers and Harvey Johnson

Web of Life by John Biggers.

Three Kings by John Biggers

Ghana Dancer by John Biggers

Family Circle by John Biggers

Ghana Harvest Festival by John Biggers

Cotton Pickers by John Biggers

Black Family by John Biggers

Starry Crown by John Biggers

Framers by John Biggers

Family Ark by John Biggers

This untitled by John Biggers - shows three generations of Southern black families emerging from a pool of water, a reference to both ritual purification and the primordial beginnings of life. Flanked by monumental female figures — symbolic perhaps of maternal Africa — this community stands together facing the dawn.

Birth from the Sea by John Biggers

The Contribution of Negro Women to American Life and Education byJohn Biggers

Shotguns of 1987 by John Biggers

Tree House by John Biggers

Priests Before A Shrine by John Biggers

House of Turtle by John Biggers

Band of Angels by John Biggers

Kumasi Market by John Biggers

Metamorphosis, Birth and rebirth by John Biggers, 1974

Unknown Title by John Biggers