Bertram Samples Self-portrait

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Original Title: Self-portrait
Devised Title: Bertram Samples Self-portrait
Date: c. 1975
Creator: Bertram Samples See all items with this value
Description: Samples’ painting is a self-portrait. During the elementary painting course, Texas Southern art majors are required to paint self-portraits. Samples’ classmates recall being intimidated and inspired by his talent and work pace when they sat next to him in the studio. Samples was one of the founders of Houston’s Project Row Houses and now works as an art conservator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value; HBCU student work See all items with this value; Activism See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Black art
Type: Painting
Medium: paint on masonite
Measurements: 24 in x 18 in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: pc239
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.TSU.0147
Rights: All rights held by the University Museum at Texas Southern. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact University Museum, Texas Southern University umuseum@gmail.com Attn: Museum Director. Materials not created by Texas Southern University may still be under copyright. Additional materials may be presented for educational and research purposes in accordance with fair use under United States copyright law.
Contributing Institution: Texas Southern University
Collection: Permanent Collection See all items with this value
References: "History." Project Row Houses. https://projectrowhouses.org/about/history/.

Item sets: Art; Texas Southern University Collections; University Museum at Texas Southern Permanent Collection