Raymond Saunders: A Life Woven from Urban Fragments Raymond Saunders, a name perhaps less familiar than some of his contemporaries, stands as a quietly profound figure in American art of the late 20th century. Born in Pittsburgh in 1934 and passing away in 2025, Saunders’s career spanned six decades, marked by a singular approach to assemblage painting – a method he developed through meticulous observation and a deep engagement with t…