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  1. Winfred Rembert, 75, Dies; Turned Painful Memories …

    WEBApr 4, 2021 · Mr. Rembert died at 75 on Wednesday at his home in New Haven, Conn. His son Winfred Jr. said that the precise cause of death was not known, but that his father had struggled with diabetes,...

  2. Beloved Artist Winfred Rembert, 75, Dies | New Haven Independent

  3. Winfred Rembert - Wikipedia

  4. Winfred Rembert, Who Spoke Truth To Power Through His Art, Is …

  5. ‘He was our artist’: Winfred Rembert, acclaimed artist …

    WEBSylvan Lebrun & Zaporah Price 11:07 pm, Apr 14, 2021. Staff Reporters. Courtesy of Defining Studios. Winfred Rembert, a nationally known Black artist, died two weeks ago in his New Haven home at the age of 75. The …

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    Art works © Winfred Rembert / ARS On March 31st, the artist Winfred Rembert died, at the age of seventy-five. He was born in 1945 and grew up in Cuthbert, Georgia, where he picked cotton as a child. As a teen-ager, he got involved in the civil-rights movement and was arrested in the aftermath of a demonstration.
    Decades after nearly being lynched in rural Georgia, he began recreating vivid scenes from his life by carving figures into leather. Winfred Rembert in an undated photo. After seven years of incarceration and hard labor, he became an artist of some renown. Renan Ozturk Winfred Rembert survived a near-lynching in rural Georgia in 1967.
    Once his fame began spreading, Rembert returned to Cuthbert, Georgia, the scene of his youthful traumas, to receive a proclamation from the mayor, who declared Sept. 18 “ Winfred Rembert Day.” “ I left home in chains to the chain gang,” he subsequently told the Independent’s Melissa Bailey.
    Mr. Rembert was a great man and a talented, unique artist. The documentary about him is incredibly powerful. After seeing it I had the privilege of meeting him twice. He made New Haven proud. My condolences to his family.
  7. 'Chasing Me To My Grave' Looks At Winfred Rembert's …

    WEBAug 11, 2021 · The late Winfred Rembert documented his life with art. He carved figures in leather and painted scenes from rural Georgia. His autobiography, written with author Erin Kelly, Chasing Me To My...

  8. Winfred Rembert, 75, dies; Turned painful memories into art

  9. CT artist posthumously wins Pulitzer for memoir about …

    WEBMay 11, 2022 · Nationally-known, Georgia-born folk artist Winfred Rembert, who lived for much of his life in New Haven's Newhallville section died in 2021. His posthumous memoir co-written with Erin I. Kelly, …

  10. Obituary Winfred Rembert 1945-2021 – Folk Art Society of America

  11. An Artist on How He Survived the Chain Gang | The …

    WEBMay 3, 2021 · On March 31st, the artist Winfred Rembert died, at the age of seventy-five. He was born in 1945 and grew up in Cuthbert, Georgia, where he picked cotton as a child. As a teen-ager, he got...