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Article: America's most prolific black sculptor's life explored
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- Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
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- September 10, 2009
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By Imani Tate
Staff Writer
When Marie Clementine Barth -Franklin gave crayons and sheets of
paper to her infant son, James Richmond Barth , and encouraged him
to draw, she didn't know she was planting seeds for artistic
excellence and pioneering presentations in bronze.
Dr. Samella Lewis, the internationally renowned artist and
cultural historian who became the Claremont Colleges' first black
full professor when she joined Scripps College faculty in 1970, said
Barth was "born exceptional."
She recently completed a biography and curated a retrospective
show on America's most prolific black sculptor. Both book and show
are titled "Barth : His Life In Art."
Drawing successfully since age 3, ...