Year: c. 1980-1990
Medium: Paint on Masonite
Size: 24 x 48 in.
Image courtesy of the Orlando Museum of Art. Gift of Daniel Aubry.
Angel with 3 Mystery Figures
Purvis Young
Part of the Purvis Young: The Life I See Exhibit
Year: c. 1980-1990
Medium: Paint on Masonite
Size: 24 x 48 in.
Image courtesy of the Orlando Museum of Art. Gift of Daniel Aubry.
About Purvis Young
Purvis Young (1943-2010) was a self-taught artist who lived and worked in Overtown, a historically African-American neighborhood adjacent to downtown Miami. Working on materials such as discarded scraps of wood, metal and cardboard found on neighboring streets, Young developed an expressive and visionary style of painting rooted in his experience as an African American living in an economically distressed community.