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Melvin Edwards
American artist
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dead
- born
- 1937
- died
- 2026
- age at death
- 88
- known for
- sculptor, painter, draftsperson
1937 – 2026
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who melvin edwards is
Melvin Eugene Edwards Jr. was an American abstract sculptor, printmaker, and arts educator. Edwards, an African-American artist, was raised in segregated communities in Texas and an integrated community in Ohio. He moved to California in 1955, beginning his professional art career while an undergraduate student. Originally trained as a painter, Edwards began exploring sculpture and welding techniques in Los Angeles in the early 1960s, before moving again to New York in 1967.
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