Linda Diane Bennett

Linda Diane Bennett

Linda Diane Bennett (1955–1988) was an American artist associated with the Gee's Bend group of quilters.[1][2][3]

Her work is included in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[4]

Early life

Like her mother, Ella Mae Irby, and her grandmother, Delia Bennett, Linda Diane Bennett was born and raised in Gee's Bend, Alabama. She balanced year-round school and farming, along with her parents and siblings. Once completing high school, she became deputy sheriff of Wilcox County, Alabama. She also worked in the courthouse. Bennett died unexpectedly at her job at the courthouse in 1988.[5]

Work

Bennett borrowed heavily from her mother and grandmother's aesthetic and practice. She worked quietly and without a "horse" or frame—working completely free-hand from her lap.[5]

References

  1. ^ William Arnett; Bernard Herman (2006). Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt. Tinwood Books. pp. 54–. ISBN 978-0-9719104-7-8.
  2. ^ John Beardsley; William Arnett; Paul Arnett; Jane Livingston (2002). Gee's Bend: The Women and Their Quilts. Tinwood Books. pp. 340–. ISBN 978-0-9719104-0-9.
  3. ^ Scott, Andrea K. (18 June 2018). "An Invaluable, Incomplete Show of Black Southern Art at the Met". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Bricklayer quilt, ca. 1970: Linda Diane Bennett". The MET. Archived from the original on 2019-04-19. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  5. ^ a b "Linda Diane Bennett | Souls Grown Deep Foundation". www.soulsgrowndeep.org. Archived from the original on 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2019-06-12.


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