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Pauline Powell Burns

1872–1912

United States

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Pauline Powell Burns (1872–1912) was an American painter and pianist. She was the first African-American artist to exhibit paintings in California, in 1890. Powell was also a pianist who gave recitals around the San Francisco Bay Area.

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