George Dureau

George Dureau
Dureau with his artwork, circa 1965
Born(1930-12-28)December 28, 1930
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
DiedApril 7, 2014(2014-04-07) (aged 83)
Kenner, Louisiana, U.S.
EducationLSU and Tulane University
Known forPainter, photographer

George Valentine 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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