John Wilson's creative work spans 7 decades
BOSTON
– From an early age, John Wilson’s parents encouraged him to explore his keen
sense of artistic creativity. In 1922, Wilson
was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Both
of his parents were immigrants from British Guiana (present-day Guyana). Wilson first began drawing
at the Roxbury Boys Club. He would eventually study at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and he received a B.S. in Education in 1947 from Tufts University. For seven decades, Wilson’s drawings, paintings, prints, and sculptures have focused on racial injustice. Wilson has embraced being an artist who embraces societal concerns. During his lengthy career, Wilson has become one of Boston’s most prolific artists. He was an art professor at Boston University from 1964 to 1986.
One of Wilson’s most well-known sculptures is Father and Child (1990). Located on the campus of Roxbury Community College, the Father and Child sculpture depicts a man and child reading together. This monument serves as yet another remarkable and descriptive piece of art in the city of Boston.
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| John Wilson's Father and Child (1990). |
at the Roxbury Boys Club. He would eventually study at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and he received a B.S. in Education in 1947 from Tufts University. For seven decades, Wilson’s drawings, paintings, prints, and sculptures have focused on racial injustice. Wilson has embraced being an artist who embraces societal concerns. During his lengthy career, Wilson has become one of Boston’s most prolific artists. He was an art professor at Boston University from 1964 to 1986.
One of Wilson’s most well-known sculptures is Father and Child (1990). Located on the campus of Roxbury Community College, the Father and Child sculpture depicts a man and child reading together. This monument serves as yet another remarkable and descriptive piece of art in the city of Boston.
Wilson’s artistic work was recently on display from November
17, 2012 – March 24, 2013 at the Danforth Museum in Framingham, Massachusetts. There were 84 drawings, oil paintings, prints,
and sculptures on display at the exhibit. Black Despair,
a 1945 oil on masonite, The Trial a
1951 Lithograph, and Trabajador, a 1951
oil on masonite, were three pieces on display at the Danforth exhibit.
Wilson is also well-known for his 1986 sculpture of
Martin Luther King, Jr., which is in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C. Wilson also sculpted Eternal Presence. The concept
of the sculpture was derived from traditional Mexican Olmec heads and contemplating
Buddhas. In 1987, Eternal Presence was placed outside of The Museum of The National Center
of Afro-American Artists in Boston, Massachusetts.
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