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Marie Johnson-Calloway

1920–2018

United States

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Marie Johnson-Calloway (née Marie Edwards; April 10, 1920 – February 11, 2018), was an American artist, educator and activist. She worked in the fields of painting, sculpture, and mixed-media assemblage, and is known for her Black portraiture. She taught at San Francisco State University, from 1959 until 1984.

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