Purvis Young

Resumen

Self-taught African-American artist Purvis Young is well-known for his expressive paintings and collages.

His vibrantly colored paintings of trucks, people, and coil-shaped abstractions, created on various things such as scrap metal, book pages, and discarded envelopes, depicted a problematic but inspiring life in Miami's impoverished Overtown district.

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Purvis Young
Mixed media on paper
18 x 24 in
45.7 x 61 cm

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Purvis Young
Mixed media on paper
29 x 20 in
73.7 x 50.8 cm

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Purvis Young
Mixed media on paper
11 x 14 in
27.9 x 35.6 cm

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Purvis Young
Mixed media on paper
11 x 14 in
27.9 x 35.6 cm
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Purvis Young
Mixed media on paper
13 1/2 x 11 in
34.3 x 27.9 cm

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Purvis Young
Mixed media on paper
14 x 11 in
35.6 x 27.9 cm
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Purvis Young
Mixed media on paper
14 x 11 in
35.6 x 27.9 cm

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Purvis Young
Mixed media on paper
14 x 11 in
35.6 x 27.9 cm

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Purvis Young
Mixed media on paper
15 1/2 x 12 in
39.4 x 30.5 cm

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Purvis Young
Mixed media on paper
15.5 x 11

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Purvis Young
Mixed media on paper
17 x 11 in
43.2 x 27.9 cm

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Purvis Young
Mixed media on paper
15 x 11 in
38.1 x 27.9 cm

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Purvis Young
Mixed media on paper
16 1/2 x 11 in
41.9 x 27.9 cm
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Purvis Young
Mixed media on paper
20 x 14 in
50.8 x 35.6 cm

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Purvis Young
Mixed media on paper
20 x 14 in
50.8 x 35.6 cm

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Purvis Young
Mixed media on paper
22 x 14 in
55.9 x 35.6 cm

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Purvis Young
Mixed media on paper
22 x 14 in
55.9 x 35.6 cm

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Purvis Young
Mixed media on paper
22 x 14 in
55.9 x 35.6 cm

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Purvis Young
Mixed media on paper
24 x 18 in
61 x 45.7 cm

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Purvis Young
Mixed media on paper
18 x 24 in
45.7 x 61 cm

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Purvis Young
Mixed media on paper
24 x 18 in
61 x 45.7 cm

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Purvis Young
Mixed media on paper
24 x 19 in
61 x 48.3 cm

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Purvis Young
Mixed media on paper
18 x 24 in
45.7 x 61 cm

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Purvis Young
Mixed media on paper
24 x 18 in
61 x 45.7 cm
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Purvis Young
A Peace Warrior, N.D.
Mixed media on paper
17 1/2 x 11 in
44.5 x 27.9 cm

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Purvis Young
A sea of People, N.D.
Mixed media on cloth
47 x 16 in
119.4 x 40.6 cm

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Purvis Young
Angelic, N.D.
Mixed media on wood
33 x 14 in
83.8 x 35.6 cm

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Purvis Young
Behold new life, N.D.
Mixed media on wood
50 x 12 1/2 x 2 in
127 x 31.8 x 5.1 cm

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Purvis Young
Birth to a new life, N.D.
Mixed media on wood
19 x 9 1/2 in
48.3 x 24.1 cm

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Purvis Young
Coming to America, N.D.
Mixed media on wood
17 1/2 x 17 1/2 in
44.5 x 44.5 cm

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Purvis Young
Construction to Overtown, N.D.
Mixed media on cloth
12 x 10 1/2 in
30.5 x 26.7 cm

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Purvis Young
Fighting for peace, N.D.
Mixed media on paper
11 1/4 x 17 1/4 in
28.6 x 43.8 cm
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Purvis Young
Freedom for all, N.D.
Mixed media on wood
33 x 48 1/2 in
83.8 x 123.2 cm

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Purvis Young
Freedom horse, N.D.
Mixed media on wood
15 x 12 1/4 in
38.1 x 31.1 cm
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Purvis Young
Freeing the people, N.D.
Mixed media on wood
70 x 48 x 3 in
177.8 x 121.9 x 7.6 cm

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Purvis Young
Going to Art Basel, N.D.
Mixed media on wood
48 1/2 x 24 x 1 1/2 in
123.2 x 61 x 3.8 cm

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Purvis Young
Guardian angel, N.D.
Mixed media on wood
96 x 46 in
243.8 x 116.8 cm

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Purvis Young
Homage to Mona Lisa, N.D.
Mixed media on wood
28 1/2 x 19 x 2 in
72.4 x 48.3 x 5.1 cm

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Purvis Young
Hope for a new world, N.D.
Mixed media on wood
48 x 27 x 6 1/2 in
121.9 x 68.6 x 16.5 cm

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Purvis Young
Horses in the dark, N.D.
Mixed media on cloth
62 x 70 in
157.5 x 177.8 cm

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Purvis Young
Hurricane Andrew, N.D.
Mixed media
27 x 25 in
68.6 x 63.5 cm

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Purvis Young
My blue heaven, N.D.
Mixed media on cloth
16 x 47 in
40.6 x 119.4 cm

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Purvis Young
My respect to Pollock, N.D.
Mixed media on wood
48 1/2 x 96 1/2 in
123.2 x 245.1 cm

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Purvis Young
Overlooking the Past, N.D.
Mixed media on paper
26 x 20 in
66 x 50.8 cm
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Purvis Young
Political statement for all to read, N.D.
Mixed media on paper
15 1/2 x 19 1/2 in
39.4 x 49.5 cm
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Purvis Young
Purvis personal bedroom lamp, N.D.
Mixed media on lamp
31 x 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 in
78.7 x 31.8 x 31.8 cm
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Purvis Young
Purvis work ladder, N.D.
Mixed media on wood
22 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 19 in
57.1 x 31.8 x 48.3 cm

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Purvis Young
Rejoicing, N.D.
Mixed media on paper
20 x 13 1/2 in
50.8 x 34.3 cm

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Purvis Young
Riders to Freedom, N.D.
Mixed media on wood
17 1/2 x 17 1/2 in
44.5 x 44.5 cm
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Purvis Young
Some chapters of my life, N.D.
Mixed media on wood
96 x 30 in
243.8 x 76.2 cm

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Purvis Young
The arts save the world, N.D.
Mixed media
22 x 15 1/2 in
55.9 x 39.4 cm

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Purvis Young
The world is round, N.D.
Mixed media on wood
40 in diameter
101.6 cm diameter

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Purvis Young
Untitled, N.D.
Mixed media on paper
14 x 11 in
35.6 x 27.9 cm
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Purvis Young
Worries on my mind, N.D.
Mixed media on wood
31 1/2 x 19 1/2 in
80 x 49.5 cm

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Purvis Young
My home in Overtown, 80s
Mixed media on wood
48 1/2 x 85 1/4 in
123.2 x 216.5 cm

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Purvis Young
Good Bread Alley, 1978
Mixed media on wood
38 1/4 x 36 1/2 x 1 1/4 in
97.2 x 92.7 x 3.2 cm

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Biografía

Purvis Young © Ted Degener

Born in Liberty City, Florida, on February 2, 1942, he never received any official art training but picked up drawing from his uncle at an early age.

He started sketching a lot when he was a teenager and was imprisoned at the Raiford State Penitentiary from 1961 to 1961. The Miami Art Museum owner, Bernard Davis, became interested in Young's creative work years after his release. After Davis made the artist's work widely known, collectors and tourists began to frequent Young's home and studio in Goodbread Alley by the 1970s. Throughout the later half of his career, Young's work expanded in scale and formal creativity, influenced by documentaries on American history and books on Rembrandt, Vincent van Gogh, El Greco, and Paul Gauguin. The artist died in Miami, Florida, on April 20, 2010. His creations can currently be found in collections in several museums, including the the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the American Folk Art Museum, among others…

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