Faith Ringgold (American) b. 1930The Sunflower Quilting Bee At Arles-1991
Acrylic on canvas, tie-dyed, pieced fabric border, 74 x 80 inches
Private Collection
This painting was by Faith Ringgold. She was born in 1930, and is still alive today.
Her work was very unique, partly because her paintings were always bordered by some kind of quilt pattern. She would also base her work on events that were happening or that had happened, including The Undergoround Railroad. [Harriet Tubman] Faith would also sometimes include a story on her painting, in small print ontop of the border.
This piece of art is similar to Vincent VanGogh's art, since he painted many pictures of sunflowers. Faith's painting is dominated by sunflowers, which are on the tablecloth and surrounding the people.
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