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1928 Dallas, Georgia - 1994. Known for: Sculpture-ethnic subjects.
Bessie Harvey was born October 11, 1929 in Dallas, Georgia; died August 12, 1994. Born in Dallas, Georgia in 1929, Bessie Harvey's childhood was one of poverty and hardship. She grew up during the... Read full biography
Bessie Harvey was born October 11, 1929 in Dallas, Georgia; died August 12, 1994. Born in Dallas, Georgia in 1929, Bessie Harvey's childhood was one of poverty and hardship. She grew up during the Great Depression, the seventh of thirteen children. She is oft quoted as saying "The story of my life... Read full biography
Bessie Harvey was born October 11, 1929 in Dallas, Georgia; died August 12, 1994. Born in Dallas, Georgia in 1929, Bessie Harvey's childhood was one of poverty and hardship. She grew up during the Great Depression, the seventh of thirteen children. She is oft quoted as saying "The story of my life would make Roots and The Color Purple look like a fairy tale. There was nothing. In the morning, you'd just get up, go looking for whatever. you could find, and if you had one meal that day, then... Read full biography
Bessie Harvey was born October 11, 1929 in Dallas, Georgia; died August 12, 1994. Born in Dallas, Georgia in 1929, Bessie Harvey's childhood was one of poverty and hardship. She grew up during the Great Depression, the seventh of thirteen children. She is oft quoted as saying "The story of my life would make Roots and The Color Purple look like a fairy tale. There was nothing. In the morning, you'd just get up, go looking for whatever. you could find, and if you had one meal that day, then you'd made progress." Bessie attended school through the fourth grade, then went to work as a domestic. She married Charles Harvey at the age of fourteen, so she was no longer a economic burden to her family. Bessie stayed married to Harvey into her... Read full biography
Bessie Harvey was born October 11, 1929 in Dallas, Georgia; died August 12, 1994. Born in Dallas, Georgia in 1929, Bessie Harvey's childhood was one of poverty and hardship. She grew up during the Great Depression, the seventh of thirteen children. She is oft quoted as saying "The story of my life would make Roots and The Color Purple look like a fairy tale. There was nothing. In the morning, you'd just get up, go looking for whatever. you could find, and if you had one meal that day, then you'd made progress." Bessie attended school through the fourth grade, then went to work as a domestic. She married Charles Harvey at the age of fourteen, so she was no longer a economic burden to her family. Bessie stayed married to Harvey into her early twenties. They separated and she independently moved away, eventually settling in Alcoa, Tennessee with their five children. There she conti... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (9)
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesTestimony: Vernacular Art of the African-American South: The Ronald and June Shelp Collection
2001
(Exhibition catalog)Conwill, Kinshasha, et. all192 pages (color)Female Gazes: Seventy-Five Women Artists
1997Martin, Elizabeth; Vivian Meyer176 pages (color)Art in the American South Works from the Ogden Collection
1996Delehanty, Randolph292 pages (color)Common Ground/Uncommon Vision Michael & Julie Hall Collection American Folk Art
1993
(Exhibition catalog)Lippard, Lucy/J Hayes/K Ames335 pages (color)Mixed Blessings New Art in a Multicultural America
1990Lippard, Lucy R279 pages (color)Black Art/Ancestral Legacy
1989
(Exhibition catalog)Dallas Museum of Fine Art305 pages (color)Baking in the Sun Visionary Images from the South
1987
(Exhibition catalog)Nasisse, Andy/M S Wahlman146 pages (color)