# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melvin-edwards
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:50:55.335Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melvin-edwards"
name: "Melvin Edwards"
slug: "melvin-edwards"
description: "Melvin Eugene Edwards Jr. was an American abstract sculptor, printmaker, and arts educator. Edwards, an African-American artist, was raised in segregated communities in Texas and an integrated community in Ohio. He moved to California in 1955, beginning his professional art career while an undergraduate student. Originally trained as a painter, Edwards began exploring sculpture and welding techniques in Los Angeles in the early 1960s, before moving again to New York in 1967."
tagline: "American artist (1937-2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Saggese%2C_Edwards%2C_Moore%2C_and_King_Rice_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1937-05-04"
deathDate: "2026-03-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.33
  momentum:             5.28169014084507
  historical:           5.303062666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Edwards"
    title: "Melvin Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B2"
    title: "ميل إدواردز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Edwards"
    title: "Mel Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/572d8a4e-7eae-4ce8-85f8-457edd4de44a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Edwards"
    title: "Melvin Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Edwards"
    title: "Mel Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3305305"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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