Delia Bennett
Delia Bennet(1892–1976) was an American artist. She is associated with theGee's Bend quilting collective,and is said to be "the matriarch of perhaps the largest family of quilt producers in Gee's Bend.[1][2][3]Her work is included in the collection of thePhiladelphia Museum of Art.[4]
Early life
[edit]Born in 1892 to S.S. Pettway and Pleasant Pettway, Delia Bennett was raised on the Brown plantation inGee's Bend, Alabama.She married Eddie Bennett, and they raised seven girls and four boys together. Bennett and her husband weresubsistence farmers,growing food in their backyard. They were forced to grow cotton for free in exchange for living on the plantation grounds, which were owned by the Spurlin family inCamden, Alabama.[1]
Exhibitions
[edit]- 2019 -Souls Grown Deep: Artists of the African American South,Philadelphia Museum of Art[5]
References
[edit]- ^ab"Delia Bennett | Souls Grown Deep Foundation".www.soulsgrowndeep.org.RetrievedApril 21,2019.
- ^Beardsley, John; Arnett, William; Arnett, Paul; Livingston, Jane (2002).Gee's Bend: The Women and Their Quilts.Tinwood Books. p. 336.ISBN9780971910409.
- ^Arnett, William; Herman, Bernard (2006).Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt.Tinwood Books. p. 46.ISBN9780971910478.
- ^"Philadelphia Museum of Art Expands African American Art Collection".Art & Object.RetrievedApril 21,2019.
- ^"Souls Grown Deep: Artists of the African American South | Souls Grown Deep".www.soulsgrowndeep.org.RetrievedMarch 6,2021.
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