About Edward Ellis Hughes
Lived 1940 – 2017 (aged 76–77). Edward Ellis Hughes was an American artist.
Edward Ellis Hughes (1940-2017) was an American painter. He was born in Philadelphia in 1940. He attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Cheyney University of Pennsylvania where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
His work has been described as abstract, containing symbols from black American and Haitian culture.
His work is in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He also created a ceramic tile installation for the 56th Street elevated subway station of the SEPTA.
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Who was Edward Ellis Hughes?
African American artist (1940–2017)
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Edward Ellis Hughes was born in 1940 in Philadelphia.
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Edward Ellis Hughes died in 2017.
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Edward Ellis Hughes was an artist.
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Edward Ellis Hughes was American.
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