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Faith Ringgold. American Painter and Quilt Maker Story Quilts. Faith Ringgold was born in 1930 in Harlem, New Yor k. She is still alive and is a professor of visual arts at the University of California in San Diego. The French Collection Part I, #4, The Sunflower Quilting Bee at Arles.
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Faith Ringgold American Painter and Quilt Maker Story Quilts
Faith Ringgold was born in 1930 in Harlem, New York. • She is still alive and is a professor of visual arts at the University of California in San Diego.
The French Collection Part I, #4, The Sunflower Quilting Bee at Arles In this colorful painted quilt image, a group of African-American women proudly display their sunflower quilt, in a field of sunflowers, with Van Gogh standing quietly in the background, holding a vase of his beloved sunflowers. The buildings of the village of Arles are shown in the background, painted with the bright yellows and blues that Van Gogh loved to use in his paintings
Picnic on the Grass... Alone, 1997 Her use of shape and color help to make this a very beautiful picture. What colors and shapes do you see?
The Dinner Quilt, 1986 The quilt tells a story. What is the story this quilt is telling?
