Monday, April 21, 2008

Faith Ringgold (American) b. 1930, The Sunflower Quilting Bee at Arles, 1991Acrylic on canvas, tie dyed, pieced fabric border, 74 x 80 inches, Private Collection
She is american and was born in 1930. This means that she lived through world war 2 and the civil rights act. She has written 11 children books including Tar Beach. Tar Beach was a Caldecott Honor Book and winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration. She has recived 75 differen awards and honors.
It is named The Sunflower Quilting Bee at Arles and was made in 1991. It is acrylic paint on canvas with a tie dyded pieced fabric border. It is in a private collection and is 74x 80 inches.
What do you know about the connection between this work and the artist Vincent VanGogh?: The connection is that he is in the back of the painting offering a vase of flowers
No one in the painting is looking at Van Gogh

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