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Ernie Barnes

Fullback, 1968

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1938: Born: Durham, NC
1956 - 1960: Studied art at North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC
1984: Official Sports Artist for the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
1985: Named the first Sports Artist of the Year, United States Sports Academy
1990: Awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC
1996: Selected by the National Basketball Association to commemorate the NBA's 50th anniversary
1999: Awarded the University Award, the highest honor by The University of North Carolina Board of Governors
2004: Named America's Best Painter of Sports, American Sport Art Museum & Archives, Daphne, AL
2007: A Tribute to Artist and NFL Alumni Ernie Barnes, sponsored by the NFL and Time Warner, New York City, NY
2009: Died: Los Angeles, CA

2005: Back to Black: Art, Cinema & Racial Imaginary, Whitechapel Gallery, London, England
1995: 20th Century Masterworks of African-American Artists, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY (traveling group exhibition)
1978: North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC (solo)
1972 - 1979: The Beauty of the Ghetto (traveling solo exhibition)
1965: Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, NY

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