Listen to this remembrance of Charles McGee. Detroit artist Charles McGee has died at the age of 96. His art spans a period of more than 75 years.
McGee’s artwork is scattered across Detroit. His work includes huge murals, sculptures, paintings, and mixed-media.
The sculpture United We Stand at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit.
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“Charles McGee was a well-loved artist certainly here in Detroit, said Valerie Mercer, curator of African American art at the Detroit Institute of Arts. He’s famous for his public art works as well as his paintings and he had had a very rich history here. His work is in various collections as well as in the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Charles Wright Museum.”