Nellie Mae Abrams
American artist
Nellie Mae Abrams (1946–2005) was an American artist. She is associated with the Gee's Bend quilting collective.[1] Her art has been exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Gund Gallery at Kenyon College,[2][3] and is included in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art[4] and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.[5] She was the daughter of Annie Mae Young, who was also a quiltmaker.[2]
References
- ^ Arnett, William; Herman, Bernard (2006). Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt. Tinwood Books. ISBN 9780971910478.
- ^ a b "Nellie Mae Abrams | Souls Grown Deep Foundation". www.soulsgrowndeep.org. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
- ^ "Gund Gallery | Kenyon College". www.thegundgallery.org. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
- ^ "nellie mae abrams | Minneapolis Institute of Art". collections.artsmia.org. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ^ "Philadelphia Museum of Art Expands African American Art Collection". Art & Object. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
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Quilters of Gee's Bend
- Nellie Mae Abrams
- Willie Abrams
- Annie Bendolph
- Louisiana Bendolph
- Mary Lee Bendolph
- Agatha Bennett
- Amelia Bennett
- Delia Bennett
- Linda Diane Bennett
- Loretta Pettway Bennett
- Mary L. Bennett
- Polly Bennett
- Emma Lee Pettway Campbell
- Minder Coleman
- Minnie Sue Coleman
- Rachel Carey George
- Gloria Hoppins
- Ella Mae Irby
- Mary Elizabeth Kennedy
- Nettie Jane Kennedy
- Lucy Mingo
- Lottie Mooney
- Lucy Mooney
- Flora Moore
- Aolar Mosely
- Addie Pearl Nicholson
- Mertlene Perkins
- Arcola Pettway
- Annie Bell Pettway
- Annie E. Pettway
- Arlonzia Pettway
- Candis Pettway
- Edwina Pettway
- Henrietta Pettway
- Jessie T. Pettway
- Lola Pettway
- Loretta Pettway
- Louella Pettway
- Lucy T. Pettway
- Lutisha Pettway
- Martha Jane Pettway
- Mensie Lee Pettway
- Pearlie Kennedy Pettway
- Qunnie Pettway
- Sally Mae Pettway
- Bettie Bendolph Seltzer
- Sue Willie Seltzer
- Florine Smith
- Geraldine Westbrook
- Andrea Williams
- Irene Williams
- Nell Hall Williams
- Patty Ann Williams
- Magalene Wilson
- Estelle Witherspoon
- Annie Mae Young
- Deborah Pettway Young
- Nettie Young
- Stichin' and Pullin': A Gee's Bend Quilt by Patricia McKissack
- Leaving Gee's Bend by Irene Latham
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