# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edwin-augustus-harleston
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:14:10.986Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edwin-augustus-harleston"
name: "Edwin Augustus Harleston"
slug: "edwin-augustus-harleston"
description: "Edwin Augustus Harleston was an American artist and founding president of the Charleston, South Carolina, branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He is known for his realistic portraits of African Americans inspired by classical paintings. He was excluded from the whites-only artistic movement later known as the Charleston Renaissance."
tagline: "American painter (1882–1931)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1882-03-14"
deathDate: "1931-05-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.605436
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ادوين اوجوستوس هارليستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Harleston"
    title: "Edwin Harleston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Harleston"
    title: "Edwin Harleston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%93%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "אדווין הארלסטון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Harleston"
    title: "Edwin Harleston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22330586"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump