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| HAYWARD L. OUBRE |
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HAYWARD LOUIS OUBRE (b.1916 )
is only now gaining wider exposure as a major talent. As with many African American artists/educators working in the South during the Jim Crow era, his uncompromising art went largely unrecognized. With painter Hale Woodruff as a mentor, Oubre studied first at Atlanta University, later becoming one of the first african Americans to earn a master of fine arts degree at the University of Iowa. After graduation, he taught at Florida A&M University, Alabama State College and Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina. Primarily known for his wire sculptures, his drawings explore contemporary issues and biblical themes employing the same use of fluid line and shifting volume as the three-dimensional pieces. |
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MISCEGENATION
1963
vinyl-coated wire and wood
20"w x 25"h x 13"d |
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| LINKS
Overlooked, But Unbowed
from The International Review of African American Art www.iibp.com
Wired - the sculptor, not the magazine
from American Visions
www.findarticles.com
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SELF PORTRAIT
n.d., exhibited 1948
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11"w x 16"h |
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ENTANGLEMENT
n.d.
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SILENT SENTINAL
n.d., exhibited 1947
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7"w x 12.5"h |
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