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George Dureau
American artist (1930-2014) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 83
George Valentine Dureau was an American artist whose long career was most notable for charcoal sketches and black and white photography of poor white and black athletes, dwarfs, and amputees.
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Robert Mapplethorpe is said to have been inspired by Dureau's amputee and dwarf photographs, which showed the figures as "exposed and vulnerable, playful and needy, complex and entirely human individuals."
Country
United States
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1930 to 2014 · aged 83
