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Biography · Visual Arts
Walter Ellison
1899–1977
United States
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Biography
Walter Ellison (1899–1977) was an African American artist, born in the state of Georgia. Although the American Civil War had ended in 1865, African Americans still faced many difficulties at the turn of the century, so many of them left the South and moved North in search for better opportunities; Ellison was one of them.
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