Martin Puryear
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Vinony catalogs Martin Puryear in its MacArthur Fellows collection (1,138 entries).
Within Vinony's link graph, Martin Puryear is referenced by 186 other articles, and connects out to National Medal of Arts, Ancestry.com Inc. and Barack Obama.
Vinony files it under 1941 births, 20th-century African-American artists and 20th-century American male artists.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Martin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C.
- Occupation
- installation artist
- Participant in
- Documenta IX
- Field of work
- art of sculpture
- Image
- The Blade-Tribune, Martin Puryear 1984 (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1941-05-23
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- member of
- Peace Corps
- has works in the collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- start of work period
- 1968-01-01
- Commons category
- Martin Puryear
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Steven Spielberg
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American Civil War
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Stephen King
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1941 births20th-century African-American artists20th-century American male artists20th-century American printmakers20th-century American sculptors21st-century African-American artists21st-century American male artists21st-century American sculptorsAfrican-American contemporary artistsAfrican-American printmakersAfrican-American sculptorsAmerican contemporary artistsAmerican male sculptorsAmerican postmodern artistsArtists from Washington, D.C.Catholic University of America alumniLiving peopleMacArthur FellowsMembers of the American Academy of Arts and LettersUnited States National Medal of Arts recipientsYale School of Art alumni