Kermit Oliver: Onye Amerịka na-ese ihe

Kermit Oliver

Mmádu

ụdịekere	nwoke
mba o sị	Njikota Obodo Amerika
Aha enyere	Kermit
aha ezinụlọ ya	Oliver
Ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya	14 Ọgọọst 1943
Ebe ọmụmụ	Refugio
Ọrụ ọ na-arụ	onye ese
onye were ọrụ	Hermès, United States Postal Service
ebe agụmakwụkwọ	Texas Southern University, Rice University
nwa akwukwo nke	Elaine de Kooning
Nwere ọrụ na mkpokọta	Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
ikike nwebiisinka dị ka onye okike	Ọrụ nwebiisinka chekwara
omenkà faịlụ na	Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library

 Ọrụ ya gosipụtara ihe nketa Texas ya na mmasị ya na akụkọ ifo, okpukpe, na akụkọ ihe méré eme.  Oliver jikọtara ihe ndị dị n'oge a na nke ógè ochie, na-akpata ụdị ọ na-akpọ ihe nnọchianya. Ihe osise ya na-emepụta ụwa ndị dị mgbagwoju anya, nke nwéré ihe osise dị iche iche nke ndị mmadụ na anụmanụ bi na ya ma tinye ya n'usoro dị iche iche.

A kpọrọ Oliver ónyé na-ese ihe abụọ nke Texas State na 2017 site na Texas Commission on the Arts. E tinyere ihe osise ya, nkè a na-akpọ Tobias, na ngosi mmeghe nke 2016 na Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture na Washington, D.C. N'afọ 2013, a kwanyeere Oliver ugwu na Lifetime Achievement Award nké mbụ site na Art League Houston. 

A mụrụ Oliver na Refugio, Texas, ebe nna ya rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-azụ ehi n'ugbo ehi. Mgbè ọ dị afọ 6 ma ọ bụ 7, nkà ya maka ịdọrọ ehi, ịnyịnya, na osisi na anụmanụ ndịda Texas pụtara ìhè.  Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị, na 1960 Oliver debanyere áhà na Mahadum Texas Southern na Houston, ebe ọ bụ nwa akwụkwọ nke ónyé na-ese ihe, Dr. John T. Biggers. Ọ lụrụ nwa akwụkwọ nka ibe ya, Katie Washington, n'afọ 1962.  Mgbè ọ nọ na Mahadum Texas Southern, ọ bụ onye natara Jesse Jones Art Scholarship, ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na 1967 na Bachelor of Fine Arts na nzere mmụta nka. N'afọ 1968, Oliver malitere ịkụzi nka na Mahadum Texas Southern, ọ kụzikwaara na Art League nke Houston n'oge a; Otú ọ dị, n'oge na-adịghị anya, o kpebiri ịghara ịchụso nkuzi dị ka ọrụ.