Artist and activist Faith Ringgold, born in Harlem, died April 12 at her home in Englewood, N.J. She was 93.
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Few of her creations soared as commandingly as the cover of her book “Tar Beach,” capturing a picturesque family gathering on the rooftop of a Harlem apartment building. This vibrant depiction drew its inspiration from one of her magnificent quilts, it’s a veritable wonderland of her protagonist’s dream.
Born Faith Willi Jones on Oct. 8, 1930, or 1934, she was the youngest child of Andrew Louis Jones and Willi Jones. Her father was a truck driver for the New York City sanitation department; he left the family when Ringgold was still a child, though he stayed in touch with her. Her mother was a seamstress, a fashion designer, and an atelier all of which may have been Ringgold’s artistic seedbeds.
After graduation from George Washington High School, she eloped with her childhood sweetheart, Robert Earl Wallace with whom she had two daughters, Michele and Barbara. Upon discovering her husband’s addiction to heroin, they separated in 1954. He died of an overdose of heroin in 1961. In 1955, she earned a bachelor’s degree in art and education from the City College of New York and a master’s degree from the college four years later. She married Burdette Ringgold in 1962.
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