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My Home Town
Michelangelo LovelaceWW-1998-335280
Gift of the Artist, Michelangelo Lovelace, Sr.
Catalogue
- Year
- 1998
- Medium
- Acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 139.7 x 243.8 cm (55 x 96 in.)
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Artist
- Michelangelo Lovelace
Artist
Michelangelo Lovelace
Michelangelo Lovelace (1960–2021) was a self-taught artist who painted urban scenes inspired by his lifelong home, Cleveland, Ohio. He was born Michael Anthony Lovelace on June 15, 1960, and grew up in the King Kennedy public housing complex in the Central neighborhood of Cleveland. After being arrested at age 19 for selling marijuana, he was encouraged by the judge to create art.
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- Michelangelo Lovelace
- Year
- 1998
- Medium
- Acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 139.7 x 243.8 cm (55 x 96 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1998-335280
Source
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Source
- cleveland
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified