Question: Facts: - bgcolour: # 6495ed - training: the art institute of chicago - field: painting - awards: 1972 : national endowment for the arts - birth date: 6 may 1926 - name: edward clark - movement: abstract expressionism - nationality: american - birth place: storyville , new orleans , louisiana Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of edward clark -lrb- artist -rrb- .
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edward clark also known as ed clark -lrb- b. may 6 , 1926 -rrb- is an african-american abstract expressionist painter and one of the early experimenters with shaped canvas in the 1950s .edward clark stated : '' . .all great artists can only do what they esteem to be right .no matter how it appears at first , it will always be beautiful . ''