Mr. Anderson, the longtime partner and model of the late Paul Cadmus, the satirical painter and figure artist, was so talented that he filled classes.
Now with a figure artist on their staff, the lab collaborates with other local creative talent to create their playful films, including calling upon the maestro of Korean soul and disco, DJ Soulscape, to pen the soundtrack for their work.
For Black Americans, the primary figures have generally been preachers, notably Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and other architects of the civil rights movement, as well as an inexhaustible supply of sports figures, artists and musicians.
The building was completely refurbished, additions were made, and well-known literary figures, artists and entertainers regularly stayed.
More than 1,100 prominent entertainment industry figures, artists, executives and civic leaders gathered for the grand opening.
The cards on display illustrate sports figures, artists, charitable groups, snowmen, earthquake relief efforts, animals, political conventions, rock stars, cartoon figures, moon walkers and magazine covers.
Two notable Brazilian cultural figures, artist and activist Abdias do Nascimento and writer Moacyr Scliar, died in 2011.
RAYMOND PETTIBON A beloved figure among artists, Raymond Pettibon's drawings are existentially irreverent, political and poignant, mining music subcultures, baseball and the era's perpetual state of war.
The 20th-century Italian painter GIORGIO MORANDI has long been a cult figure among artists; his influence can be discerned in the paintings of Philip Guston and Wayne Thiebaud, to name two.
No public figure promoted artists in the late 80s and early 90s quite the way the recently departed Senator Helms did.
