Paintings and drawings of Martin Luther King Jr. by College of Architecture associate professor Robert Schiffhauer will be on display at the Brazos Valley African American Museum until the end of February.
“Martin Luther King Jr. has special significance to me because his message about hope is so strong and felt so deeply by so many who yearn for social justice and racial equality,” said Schiffhauer.
There are seven portraits of King in various media such as acrylic, oil pastel and pencil.
“I am pleased that we honor King with a special day just as we honor Abraham Lincoln,” said Schiffhauer. “King makes you proud to be a real Christian following Christ’s teachings and indeed the tenets of all the great world religions.”
Over the years, Schiffhauer has made many a painting of significant figures in black history such as Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Coltrane, and Charles Gordone, a Pulitzer-prize winning playwright who came to teach at Texas A&M in 1987.
The museum, located at 500 East Pruitt Street in Bryan, is open seven days a week. For more information, call 979-775-3961 or visit the museum’s website at www.bvaam.org/.
