Burford discusses his development as a painter while earning his MFA at the University of Iowa. He emphasizes that he wanted to paint in a style understandable to layman and critic alike and came to be known as a figurative artist. Three black and white photos of the oil paintings laid in. The two paintings "Circus workers" and "Reclining figures" depict African American men, the third "Vigilantes" shows two hooded Ku Klux Klan-like figures.
Thesis
Three Oil Paintings
University of Iowa
Master of Fine Arts (MFA), State University of Iowa
Summer 1947
DOI: 10.17077/etd.wk53-9rgm
Abstract
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Three Oil Paintings
- Creators
- Byron Burford - University of Iowa
- Contributors
- Stuart Edie (Advisor)
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Fine Arts (MFA), State University of Iowa
- Degree in
- Art
- Date degree season
- Summer 1947
- DOI
- 10.17077/etd.wk53-9rgm
- Publisher
- University of Iowa
- Number of pages
- 12 pages
- Copyright
- No known copyright restrictions.
- Language
- English
- Date copyrighted
- 1947
- Description illustrations
- black and white illustrations
- Academic Unit
- School of Art, Art History, and Design; Thesis and Dissertation Archive
- Record Identifier
- 9983777037102771
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