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Faith Ringgold Art

American, 1930-2024

Prolific American artist Faith Ringgold long championed civil rights and women’s rights through her work, which spans media from oils to textiles. Over the course of her career, she received numerous accolades, including two National Endowment for the Arts awards, one each in sculpture and painting, a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (1987) and more than 20 honorary doctorate degrees.

Born Faith Willi Jones in Harlem, New York, Ringgold grew up surrounded by creativity. She was raised by a fashion-designer mother and a minister father who was a talented storyteller during the peak of the Harlem Renaissance. She earned both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in visual art from the City College of New York, in 1955 and 1959, respectively.

In the 1960s, Ringgold’s paintings took a decidedly political bent, supporting the civil rights movement; she protested the lack of work by Black and female artists in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art, both in New York City. She also cofounded Where We At, a collective of Black female artists. By the 1970s, Ringgold had moved away from painting and on to textiles, sculpture and performance art.

Ringgold created masks of painted canvas inspired by wooden masks made by the Dan peoples of Liberia — also to promote the work of women in art — as well as acrylic works that combined the style of Tibetan thangkas, or silk paintings, with African quilting techniques. This led to her collaborating with her mother in the 1980s for the development of her iconic story quilts, for which Ringgold is perhaps best known.

Ringgold's work can be found in the collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, all in New York, as well as the Baltimore Museum of Art and many more.

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Artist: Faith Ringgold
2007 Faith Ringgold 'Somebody Stole My Broken Heart' HAND-SIGNED
By Faith Ringgold
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 30 x 22.5 inches ( 76.2 x 57.15 cm ) Image Size: 22.5 x 18.75 inches ( 57.15 x 47.625 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additional Details: Faith Ringgold, one of America’s most prominent artists, has created a significant body of work that reflects her interest in documenting the African-American experience. Over 50 years Ms Ringgold has created an oeuvre that is most well known for especially for their painted story quilts...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Faith Ringgold Art

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Lithograph

JAZZ STORIES: MAMA CAN SING PAPA CAN BLOW #7: LOVE ME
By Faith Ringgold
Located in New York, NY
Faith Ringgold JAZZ STORIES: MAMA CAN SING PAPA CAN BLOW #7: LOVE ME, 2020 13-colour silkscreen print on Coventry Rag 335 gsm paper, accompanied by official COA 29 3/4 × 22 3/4 inche...
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2010s Realist Faith Ringgold Art

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Permanent Marker, Screen

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By Faith Ringgold
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Faith Ringgold 'Church Picnic' Multicolor USA Offset Lithograph
By Faith Ringgold
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 33 x 33 inches ( 83.82 x 83.82 cm ) Image Size: 29.5 x 29.5 inches ( 74.93 x 74.93 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Shipping...
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Late 20th Century Faith Ringgold Art

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Faith Ringgold 'Church Picnic' Multicolor USA Offset Lithograph
By Faith Ringgold
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 33 x 33 inches ( 83.82 x 83.82 cm ) Image Size: 29.5 x 29.5 inches ( 74.93 x 74.93 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Shipping...
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Late 20th Century Faith Ringgold Art

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Offset

Faith Ringgold 'Church Picnic' Multicolor USA Offset Lithograph
By Faith Ringgold
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 33 x 33 inches ( 83.82 x 83.82 cm ) Image Size: 29.5 x 29.5 inches ( 74.93 x 74.93 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Shipping...
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Late 20th Century Faith Ringgold Art

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Offset

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2010s American Impressionist Faith Ringgold Art

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Find a wide variety of authentic Faith Ringgold art available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Faith Ringgold in lithograph, screen print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Faith Ringgold art, so small editions measuring 23 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Dan Mehlman, Brian Calvin, and Mickalene Thomas. Faith Ringgold art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $3,500 and tops out at $10,000, while the average work can sell for $6,500.

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