Purvis Young Artwork For Sale, Wanted

Purvis Young
United States
Contemporary U.S.A. Florida Miami Abstract Expressionism

Art Brokerage: Purvis Young American Artist: b. 1943-2010. Purvis Young (February 4, 1943 - April 20, 2010) was an American artist. One of South Florida's most celebrated artists, his life story was captured in the 2006 feature length documentary film, Purvis of Overtown. Young was born in Liberty City, Miami, Florida and lived in Overtown, Miami, Florida. A self-taught artist, Young communicated a social message with his work, depicting poverty, crime and other social issues of his hometown community of Overtown. He painted on discarded objects as his canvases, including doors, cardboard, and pieces of wood. Young often stated that he turned his life around through art, after serving a prison term for breaking and entering in the mid-1960s. He died at the age of 67 at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami from cardiac arrest. Young lived in a nursing home and used a wheelchair in his final years, the result of an extended struggle with diabetes. Young's works are in many museum collections, including those of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach, FL and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond. In addition, Young's art has been regularly been shown at galleries, primarily in Miami and southern Florida, such as in a 1972 installation at the Miami Museum of Modern Art, but also nationwide, from exhibitions at the Springfield (Ohio) Museum of Art (1999) to the art museum of the University of Memphis (2004), as well as in commercial galleries from New York City to Cologne, Germany. Listings Wanted.

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	Purvis Young Outside Looking In 1998 14x14 Original Painting: Multimedia Oil on Fabric, Framed in Carpet, Jail Bars Knitting, Hand Signed 14x14 in \| 36x36 cm	Multi Mixed Media $2,995 Reduced Buy / Offer / Ask Question I have one and want to sell it
	Purvis Young Warrior 1990 46x18 Huge Original Painting: House Paint on Wood, Hand Signed 46x18 in \| 117x46 cm	🔥Huge - House Paint on Wood $4,995 Reduced Buy / Offer / Ask Question I have one and want to sell it
	Purvis Young Purvis Young 1970 43x27 Huge Original Painting: Oil on Silk, Hand Signed 27x43 in \| 69x109 cm	Large Framed Oil on Silk $2,995 Reduced Buy / Offer / Ask Question I have one and want to sell it
	Purvis Young Untitled Painting 2005 24x50 Huge Original Painting: Acrylic on Plywood With Carpet, Hand Signed 24x50 in \| 61x127 cm	🔥Huge Acrylic on Plywood with Carpet $3,700 Reduced Buy / Offer / Ask Question I have one and want to sell it
	Purvis Young Street Dance 1995 14x50 - Huge Original Painting: Pigment on Cardboard, Hand Signed 12x48 in \| 30x122 cm	🔥Huge 1995 Framed Pigment on Cardboard - A Steal $$$$$$$ Reduced Make Offer / Ask Question I have one and want to sell it
	Purvis Young Untitled Painting 21x41 Original Painting: Paint on Recycled Cardboard, Hand Signed 21x41 in \| 53x104 cm	🔥Framed Painting on Cardboard $$$$$$$ Reduced Make Offer / Ask Question I have one and want to sell it
	Purvis Young Inner City 1990 21x14 Original Painting: Oil on Cardboard, Hand Signed 21x14 in \| 53x36 cm	🔥🔥🔥1990 Oil on Board - Inquire- - A Real Steal Motivated $$$$$$$ Make Offer / Ask Question I have one and want to sell it
	Purvis Young Stairways to Heaven 1990 21x14 Original Painting: Oil on Cardboard, Hand Signed 21x14 in \| 53x36 cm	🔥🔥🔥1990 Oil on Board - Inquire - A Real Steal Motivated $$$$$$$ Reduced Make Offer / Ask Question I have one and want to sell it
	Purvis Young Wild Horses 1990 21x14 Original Painting: Oil on Cardboard, Hand Signed 21x14 in \| 53x36 cm	🔥1990 Oil on Board - Inquire $$$$$$$ Make Offer / Ask Question I have one and want to sell it
	Purvis Young Young Angel 1995 - Huge Original Painting: Acrylic on Paper, Hand Signed 29x20 in \| 74x50 cm	🔥Huge 1995 Framed Acrylic - Inquire $$$$$$$ Motivated Seller Make Offer / Ask Question I have one and want to sell it