Winfred Rembert

Winfred Rembert

Actor Nov 22 (died age 75) Cuthbert, Georgia, USA 2011–2019 (8 year career)

Biography

Georgia native Winfred Rembert spent his childhood as a fieldworker in the pre-Civil Rights South, joined the movement as a teenager, was forced to work on a prison chain gang and is a rare survivor of a lynching attempt. As a self-taught visual artist, he depicts scenes from the days of segregation in intricate painted works of leather tooling. Though he has endured profound pain, his acclaimed art, which is represented in a number of public and private collections, focuses on positive aspects …

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