George Dureau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGeorge Dureau
American artist
Date of Birth: 28-Dec-1930
Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Date of Death: 07-Apr-2014
Profession: photographer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About George Dureau
- George Dureau (December 28, 1930 – April 7, 2014) was an American artist whose long career was most notable for charcoal sketches and black and white photography of poor white and black athletes, dwarfs, and amputees.
- Robert Mapplethorpe is said to have been inspired by Dureau's amputee and dwarf photographs, which showed the figures as "exposed and vulnerable, playful and needy, complex and entirely human individuals."
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