Faith Ringgold was born October 8, 1930 to Andrew Louis Jones Sr. and Willi Posey Jones. She was born in New York, New York and graduated from the City College of New York. Her mother worked as a dress maker and was a fashion designer. Her mother was the one who taught her how to sew and quilt things. Faith Ringgold quilts art and has a lot of oil paintings. During her career the Martin Luther King Jr. movement was going on and while we had the first man walk on the moon. Faith Ringgold was married to Robert Earl Wallace in 1950, and has daughters with him. Her and Robert Separate in 1954 and their divorce was completed in 1956. On May 19, 1962 she marries Burdette Ringgold. A year before she marries Burdetter, her brother dies while she is on vacation with her daughters. In 1969, Faith's father dies. Ringgold is a feminist and has a memoir that discusses why she became a feminist. A lot of her work is inspired by her life in Harlem, New York.
Her three most famous pieces of work included:
Tar Beach
Tar Beach 2
Flag Story Quilt
The Pieces by the Faith Ringgold I liked the most are:
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| The Flag is Bleeding |
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| Die |
We don't always think of quilting as an art form, but quilts are definitely works of art. Thanks for introducing me to this artist. Beautiful!
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