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	Roy DeForest Dies

shankargallery

5-22-2007 1:59 PM

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My teacher from NYSS.org visiting artist program.
Artist Roy DeForest Dies
May 21, 2007
Photo: Roy DeForest's portrait, side angle
Roy DeForest (from the late '60s-early '70s)

Editor's note: Roy DeForest's art can be viewed on campus and throughout the Bay Area.

Roy DeForest, who was born into a Nebraska farmworker family during the Great Depression and became one of the most important artists of his generation, died Friday following a brief illness. He was 77.

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