Purvis Young

African American artist (1943-2010)
Person human Q7261674
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Purvis Young

Summary

Purvis Young is a human[1]. His place of birth was Miami[2]. He was born on February 4, 1943[3]. He died in Miami[4]. He died on April 20, 2010[5]. He worked as a painter[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (109 views/month, #7,264 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Purvis Young was born in Miami[2].
  • Purvis Young died in Miami[4].
  • Purvis Young was born on February 4, 1943[3].
  • Purvis Young died on April 20, 2010[5].
  • Purvis Young died on April 24, 2010[8].
  • Purvis Young died on April 21, 2010[9].
  • Purvis Young held citizenship in United States[10].
  • Purvis Young is identified as part of the African Americans ethnic group[11].
  • Purvis Young worked as a painter[6].
  • Purvis Young's field of work was contemporary art[12].
  • Purvis Young was influenced by Vincent van Gogh[13].
  • Purvis Young is recorded as male[14].
  • Purvis Young's instance of is recorded as human[15].
  • Purvis Young is associated with the outsider art movement[16].
  • Purvis Young's genre is figurative art[17].
  • Purvis Young's Commons category is recorded as Purvis Young[18].
  • The cause of death was diabetes[19].
  • Purvis Young's family name is recorded as Young[20].
  • Purvis Young's given name is recorded as Purvis[21].
  • Purvis Young's official website is recorded as http://www.purvisyoung.com/[22].
  • Purvis Young's work location is recorded as Miami[23].
  • Purvis Young's manner of death is recorded as natural causes[24].
  • Purvis Young's described by source is recorded as National Gallery of Art Library Vertical Files[25].
  • Purvis Young's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[26].
  • Purvis Young's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Black Lunch Table[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[28]

  • Country: US[29]

  • Began / founded: 1943-02-04[30]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2010-04-20[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b8800d2b-6aa3-47c3-8283-1d0af8908726[32]

Body

Origins and Family

Purvis Young's place of birth was Miami[2]. He was born on February 4, 1943[3]. He is identified as part of the African Americans ethnic group[11].

Career and Affiliations

Purvis Young worked as a painter[6]. His field of work was contemporary art[12].

Death and Burial

Recorded date of death include April 20, 2010[5], April 24, 2010[8], and April 21, 2010[9]. Purvis Young died in Miami[4]. The cause of death was diabetes[19].

Why It Matters

Purvis Young ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (109 views/month, #7,264 of 1,000,298).[7]

FAQs

Where was Purvis Young born?

Purvis Young's place of birth was Miami[2].

Where did Purvis Young die?

Purvis Young passed away in Miami[4].

What did Purvis Young do for work?

Purvis Young worked as painter[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . purvisyoung.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . purvisyoung.com. purvisyoung.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [15] . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . RKDartists. wikidata.org.
  8. [16] . Union List of Artist Names. outsiderartfair.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [17] . outsiderartfair.com. outsiderartfair.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . Artnet. purvisyoung.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [18] . wikidata.org.
  12. [19] . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . purvisyoung.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [5] . SNAC. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [8] . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [9] . purvisyoung.com. purvisyoung.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . RKDartists. wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . RKDartists. wikidata.org.
  19. [13] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . purvisyoung.com. purvisyoung.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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