Purvis Young
American · 1943–2010 · Painter
Purvis Young was an American artist of Bahamian descent. Young's work is celebrated at the museum and institutional level while also finding a home in many private collections… (Wikipedia)
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Purvis Young was an American artist of Bahamian descent. Young's work is celebrated at the museum and institutional level while also finding a home in many private collections as well, with a following that included Brice Marden, Jane Fonda, Damon Wayans, Jim Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, and others. In 2006 a feature documentary titled Purvis of Overtown was produced about his life and work. His work is found in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Centre Pompidou, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Pérez Art Museum Miami, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and others. In 2018, he was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame.
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In the collections of
Fogg MuseumGeorgia Museum of ArtHarvard Art MuseumsMetropolitan Museum of ArtMinneapolis Institute of ArtMuseum of Fine Arts BostonMuseum of Fine Arts, HoustonMusée National d'Art ModernePhiladelphia Museum of ArtPérez Art Museum MiamiSmithsonian American Art MuseumStudio Museum in HarlemTaubman Museum of ArtWhitney Museum of American Art
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Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.