Calvin Waller Burnett (1921 - 2007)

Born 18 Jul 1921 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Died 8 Oct 2007 at age 86 in Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Calvin Waller Burnett was an African-American artist, illustrator and educator. ^[1]

Calvin was born July 18, 1921 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, son of N Lowe Burnett and Addie Waller Burnett. ^[2]

He graduated from Massachusetts School of Art in 1942 and received a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts from Boston University in 1960. Calvin taught at many institution in northeastern United States including Massachusetts College of Art and the DeCordova Museum. He was a professor at the Massachusetts College of Art for 33 years until his retirement in 1985.

A well-known Boston artist, Mr. Burnett specialized in printmaking, illustration and painting. His work is in collections at the Smithsonian, Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of African-American History and Boston Public Library, as well as in many private collections.

He married Judith "Torrey" Milligan in 1960 and had one daughter Elizabeth (Toby) Burnett.

Calvin died in Medway, Massachusetts on October 8, 2007.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors. (2020, September 20). Calvin Burnett (artist). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 16:19, September 16, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calvin_Burnett_(artist)&oldid=979388654
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Births, 1636-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CBW-YY9Y : 17 January 2021), Calvin Waller Burnett, 1921.
3. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VS3V-WJX : 12 January 2021), Calvin Burnett, 08 Oct 2007; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

See also:

• Macklin, A. D., A Biographical History of African-American Artists, The Edwin Mellen Press, 2001, p.13. ISBN 0-7734-7676-8

• Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African-American Art

• Calvin W. Burnett Obituary October 8, 2007

• Oral history interview with Calvin Burnett An interview of Calvin Burnett conducted 1980 June 13, 1981 by Robert Brown for the Archives of American Art.