Melvin Edwards
Sign in to saveAlso known as Melvin E. Edwards, Melvin Eugene Edwards, Jr., Mel Edwards
American artist (1937-2026)
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Within Vinony's link graph, Melvin Edwards is referenced by 73 other articles, and connects out to Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Japan and France.
Vinony files it under 1937 births, 2026 deaths and 20th-century African-American artists.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Eyes of Texans : from Slavery to the Texas Capitol
- Strength of a Thousand Sons
- Melvin Edwards
- Fragments
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Houston, Texas
Melvin Edwards is a pioneer in the history of contemporary African American art and sculpture.
Known for
- Socrates Sculpture Park: Ø to ∞1986
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1969-08-20
actordoctor whowarhammer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eugene
- Family name
- Edwards
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Houston
- Place of death
- Baltimore
- Spouse
- Jayne Cortez
- Occupation
- draftsperson
- Employer
- Rutgers University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- drawing
- Image
- Saggese, Edwards, Moore, and King Rice (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- New York City
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- ethnic group
- African Americans
- date of birth
- 1937-01-01
- nickname
- Mel
- has works in the collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Commons category
- Melvin Edwards
- date of death
- 2026-03-30
- name in native language
- Melvin Edwards
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