The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
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Born 1933 Kansas City, Kansas. Known for: African-American portrait sculpture, monumental works, trained astronaut.
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Ed Dwight, the first African American to be trained as an astronaut and the sculptor of major monuments, was born on the outskirts of Kansas City, Kansas in 1933. His father, Ed Dwight, Sr., played... Read full biography
Ed Dwight, the first African American to be trained as an astronaut and the sculptor of major monuments, was born on the outskirts of Kansas City, Kansas in 1933. His father, Ed Dwight, Sr., played second base for the Kansas City Monarchs in baseball's Negro League. Child rearing fell primarily on... Read full biography
Ed Dwight, the first African American to be trained as an astronaut and the sculptor of major monuments, was born on the outskirts of Kansas City, Kansas in 1933. His father, Ed Dwight, Sr., played second base for the Kansas City Monarchs in baseball's Negro League. Child rearing fell primarily on Ed's Catholic mother, Georgia Baker Dwight, who convinced her son that he could accomplish almost anything. Dwight grew up as an avid reader and a talented artist who was mechanically gifted and... Read full biography
Ed Dwight, the first African American to be trained as an astronaut and the sculptor of major monuments, was born on the outskirts of Kansas City, Kansas in 1933. His father, Ed Dwight, Sr., played second base for the Kansas City Monarchs in baseball's Negro League. Child rearing fell primarily on Ed's Catholic mother, Georgia Baker Dwight, who convinced her son that he could accomplish almost anything. Dwight grew up as an avid reader and a talented artist who was mechanically gifted and enjoyed working with his hands. Dwight joined the United States Air Force in 1953, pursuing his dream of flying jet aircraft. He became a USAF test pilot, and in 1961 earned a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Arizona State University. At the... Read full biography
Ed Dwight, the first African American to be trained as an astronaut and the sculptor of major monuments, was born on the outskirts of Kansas City, Kansas in 1933. His father, Ed Dwight, Sr., played second base for the Kansas City Monarchs in baseball's Negro League. Child rearing fell primarily on Ed's Catholic mother, Georgia Baker Dwight, who convinced her son that he could accomplish almost anything. Dwight grew up as an avid reader and a talented artist who was mechanically gifted and enjoyed working with his hands. Dwight joined the United States Air Force in 1953, pursuing his dream of flying jet aircraft. He became a USAF test pilot, and in 1961 earned a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Arizona State University. At the suggestion of the National Urban League's Whitney M. Young, Jr., the Kennedy administration chose Captain Ed Dwight as the first Negro astronaut train... Read full biography
Ed Dwight - Artist Info
About Ed Dwight: Books
Books & Publications (10)
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesGreat American Artists Exhibition Exhibition and Sale
2003
(Exhibition catalog)Editor67 pages (color)Great American Artists Exhibition and Sale
2001
(Exhibition catalog)Editor, Cincinnati Bell79 pages (color)Great American Artists Exhibition and Sale
2000
(Exhibition catalog)Editor, Cincinnati Bell78 pages (color)Great American Artists Exhibition and Sale
1997
(Exhibition catalog)Cincinnati Museum Center82 pages (color)Denver Rotary Club's Artists of America: Fourteenth Annual
1994
(Exhibition catalog)Denver Rotary Club88 pages (color)Artists of America Thirteenth Annual
1993
(Exhibition catalog)Denver Rotary Club96 pages (color)Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art
1993Southwest Art64 pagesDictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984Opitz, Glenn B (editor)656 pages