Edward Clark (artist)

**Edward "Ed" Clark** (Silimin gɔli May dabaa ayobu dali, yuuni 1926 puuni –Silimin gɔli October biɛɣu pia ni anii dali, yuuni 2019 puuni) daa nyɛla bɛ ni n boli so ni abstract expressionist *painter* so sokam ni daa n mi ka o tooi n zooi ni *broad, powerful brushstrokes, radiant colors* n ti pahi *large-scale canvases*. O daa nyɛla African-American so ŋun kpaŋmaŋa zaŋ chaŋ bɛ ni n boli shɛli ni modernist painting la puuni daa na n be soɣisinli puuni hali ni o *seven-decade* tuma la puuni, din daa n-nyɛ saha shɛli puuni o ni daa n yoogi soya ni di tooi n mali shaped canvases mini *a commercially available push* broom ni ŋanima sɔŋdi ka bɛ malindi *striking works of art.*
## O piligu biɛhigu mini shikuru baŋsim

Bɛ daa n dɔɣila Ed Clark silimin gɔli May dabaa ayobu dali, yuuni 1926 puuni Storyville din nyɛ New Orleans, Louisiana la yaɣ'shɛli puuni. Edward mini Merion (Hutchinson) Clark n daa n-nyɛ o ba ni o ma. Saha shɛli puuni o ni daa n nya yuma ayopɔin la ni ka bɛ daŋ maa daa n yi Baton Rouge, Louisiana, n chaŋ Chicago. O ba daa nyɛla ŋun zaŋla loto ŋmaabu n zoogi o maŋa ka daa tɔm n bi bahiri moni. O ma n ti pahi bɛ daŋ maa puuni niriba n daa n-nyɛ daŋ maa di bahi n bahindi o tuzopaɣa, Shirley yelikam zuɣu puuni. Merion Clark daa nyɛla ŋun yu o daa adiini pam hali n ti zaŋ o bidiga (Edward) maa n tahi Roman Catholic grade schools luɣ'shɛli polo bɛ ni n boli shɛba ni *nuns* la ni daa n kpahim o bia maa ka n baŋ ni o malila *drawing* baŋsim ka daa n kpaŋsi o kɔbani ni o yoomi *classroom religious art*. 

Yuuni 1944 la puuni, World War II saha la puuni Ed Clark daa na n nyɛla yum'pia ni ayɔpoin ka daa n yi *high school* n daa n chaŋ n ti kpɛ U.S. Army Air Forces n tumdi ni *an all-black* *unit* bɛ ni daa n labi n gbahi Guam la puuni. O ni daa n yi sooja tuma maa puuni yuuni 1946 la puuni ka daa na bi n mali shili ni o chaŋ *university* la zuɣu o daa zaŋla GI Bill of Rights *stipends* ni o mali n chani *night classes* School of the Art Institute of Chicago puuni, luɣ'shɛli polo Louis Ritman mini Helen Gardner nima ni daa n-nyɛ o karimbanima.  Yuuni 1952 puuni la, saha shɛli o ni daa na n mali *veteran’s benefit* la, o daa chaŋla Paris ni o ti n bɔhim luɣ'shɛli polo bɛ ni n boli ni the prestigious Académie de la Grande Chaumière ka di be Edouard Goerg sulinsi puuni la ni.

## O Paris tingban night benibu lahibali
Bɛ ni n boli shɛli ni The French art mecca la daa nyɛla din daa n kpaŋsi Clark kɔbani saha shɛli puuni o ni daa n nya yum'pishi ni ayobu la. “Bɛ zaa daa na bela bɛ nyavuya ni, daadam! Picasso, Braque. … Sokam daa be di maani! … Matisse daa na n be o nyavuli ni. … Ka bɛ kama daa be ka duma bihi la lala saha maa!” ŋanima ka o daa n teegi yuuni 2011 la *oral history interview* puuni shɛli bɛ ni daa n yihi na yuuni 2014 la puuni la. O daa nyɛla ŋun sheena kamani litiricha bilima la n-nyɛ painter so wuhiri dunia bee binyɛra biɛhigu bee ŋa nama ni nyɛ shɛli amaa ka daa ti n yi din ni n chaŋ ŋmahinli bee *abstraction* puuni ka di daa nyɛla *Russian-French painter* Nicolas de Staël  n ti pahi o *block-like slabs* din daa n mali ko'bobigu( *color*) tuma la n daa na lala o biɛhigu maa. Clark daa ti n yɛliya ni kadama n *realist portrait*, kamani Shɛhirili ŋɔ puuni, ni di yi kuli n be kawula din n tu kamaata maa nyɛla “ʒiri,” mini “ yɛlimaŋli bela *physical brushstroke* puuni ka paintibu maa yel'kpani mii nyɛ *paint* maa maŋmaŋa.”

Chicago nima nachinpolli ŋɔ n daa nyɛla ŋun n yi n ti pahi *a Parisian circle of expatriate black American artists* nima zuɣu ka bɛ daa n zo ka che U.S. gaŋbu la di bahi n bahindi James Baldwin ŋun daa n-nyɛ sasabira mini Beauford Delaney ŋun daa n-nyɛ *painter* la ka daa ti n niŋ zori ni gbanpiɛla shɛba ban gba daa n-nyɛ *artists* la kamani Joan Mitchell, Sam Francis n ti pahi Al Held. O lala *GI benefits* la ni daa n naai saha shɛli la nyaaŋa di bahi n bahindi saha shɛli ni o ni daa n tumdi ni o kɔhi o *art* la ni, o daa zaŋla o puli n pa o yab'paɣa fali zuɣu n ti pahi o zonima sɔŋsim nima zuɣu. Yuuni 1955 la puuni, o daa nyɛla bɛ ni n ti so o tuuli *solo exhibition* bɛ ni n boli shɛli ni  Paris’s Gallerie Creuze la puuni.
## O New York tingban ni benibu lahibali

George Sugarman ŋun daa nyɛ *artist*  ka daa lahi n-nyɛ o zo ka gba daa lee n yi Paris n chaŋ tiŋ'shɛli o ni daa n-nyɛ di bilichini, New York la daa nyɛla ŋun n kpaŋsi Clark kɔbani ka o daa n labi United States yuuni 1956 la puuni. Yuuni nyaaŋa, o daa nyɛla ŋun n bo Sugarman mini *artists* nima shɛba n pahi o maŋa zuɣu ka bɛ daa n kpa bɛ ni n boli shɛli ni the cooperative Brata Gallery din be Manhattan’s East Village la. O daa lahi nyɛla ŋun nyɛ *gallery assistant* n tumdi tuma luɣ'shɛli polo.

Lala saha ŋɔ puuni, *painters* ban daa nyɛ gbansabila la daa nyɛla ninvuɣ'shɛba bɛ ni n boli shɛba ni the New York art establishment nima la ni daa bi n lihi nya ka bɛ nyɛ so.“N daa bi tooi n nya soli n kpɛ *commercial gallery* shɛli puuni din daa n be gbanpiɛli sulinsi puuni,” Clark ni daa n teei yɛltɔɣa shɛli *the oral history* la puuni. “Luɣ'shɛŋa zaa ni daa mali n wuhiri maa zaa … daa nyɛla ni n yo shɛli zuɣu ni n zaŋ mali n bukaata ka lahi n yi ka che!”

## Kundivihira