Benny Andrews, 1930-2006.(ARTWORLD)(Obituary)

From: Art in America | Date: January 1, 2007| Author: Cash, Stephanie | Copyright information

Benny Andrews, 75, painter of Southern life and American scenes, died Nov. 10 in Brooklyn of cancer, three days before his 76th birthday. Born in Plainview, Ga., to a family of sharecroppers, he was of African-American, Scotch-Irish and Cherokee heritage, and this diversity impacted his paintings and social activism. His father was a self-taught artist, and, despite a hardscrabble existence, his mother stressed education for their 10 children. Though he was able to attend school on...

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