Purvis Young

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American | 1943 - 2010

Purvis Young was an American Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1943. Their work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Anton Kern Gallery have featured Purvis Young's work in the past.Purvis Young's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 40 USD to 102,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2003 the record price for this artist at auction is 102,000 USD for Trapped Spirits, sold at Slotin Folk Art Auction in 2024. In the past 12 months, their sculptures have averaged 4,438 USD, while their architecture & design have sold for an average of 2,816 USD.Purvis Young has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for ArtDaily in July 2025. The artist died in 2010.

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Congregation

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JIVE TALKING

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Untitled

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Lookin' In, Lookin' Out

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Untitled

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Trapped Spirits ,1974

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Zooloo's and Angels ,1970

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Six figures

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Freedom Boats

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Untitled - Abstract

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Current Exhibitions

Shifting Landscapes

Whitney Museum of American Art

Greenwich Village | New York | USA

01 Nov, 2024 - 01 Jan, 2026

In memory of Calynne Hill

The Gadsden Arts Center & Museum

Quincy | Florida | USA

01 Jul, 2025 - 01 Dec, 2025

First Look: Recent Acquisitions to the Collection

Gibbes Museum of Art

Charleston | South Carolina | USA

19 Sep, 2025 - 26 Feb, 2026

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Gordon W. Bailey donates artworks to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

ArtDaily 28 Oct, 2025

Since 2012, Los Angeles based, advocate, scholar and collector Gordon W. Bailey has gifted many artworks created by untrained artists to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).

Shin Gallery's "Summer Exhibition" explores art's power to bridge divides

ArtDaily 24 Jul, 2025

Shin Gallery is presenting its 鈥淪ummer Exhibition,鈥� an expansive group show featuring over forty artists, ranging from canonical figures to emerging contemporary talent.

Self-Taught Artists at Hirschl & Adler Modern: Blurring Lines Between Reality and Imagination

ArtDaily 13 Mar, 2025

Hirschl & Adler Modern presents Self-Taught Artists at the Crossroads of Fact and Fiction, an exhibition featuring works by a distinguished group of self-taught artists, including Bill Traylor, James Castle, Willard Watson (The Texas Kid), Purvis Young, Lonnie Holley.

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鈥� ..As a self-taught African-American artist, Young is known for his Expressionist paintings and collages created with found objects... 鈥�
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Galerie Sébastien Bertrand, Rue du Simplon

鈥� ..Young, a self-taught artist, created thousands of assemblages with imagery of protesters, pregnant women, and warriors on wood remnants, cabinets, and doors... 鈥�
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Tampa Museum of Art

鈥� ..Self-taught, Young鈥檚 work was often a blend painting/drawing with collaged elements utilizing everyday discarded objects from old plywood, cardboard, broken furniture, discarded books, fabric scraps and... 鈥�
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Museum of Art - DeLand

鈥� ..Young鈥檚 heroic and inspirational paintings with their potent images and vibrant colors continue to draw attention and admirers... 鈥�
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Naples Art Association

鈥� ..Following a period of incarceration as a teenager, Young began to draw and paint as a way of critiquing the circumstances of life in his impoverished community... 鈥�
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Orlando Museum of Art

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