Pearlie Posey facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Pearlie Posey
Born	1894 (1894)
Died	1984 (aged 89–90)
Nationality	American
Known for	textile artist

Pearlie Posey was an amazing American artist who created beautiful quilts. She was born in 1894 and lived until 1984. Pearlie was also the mother of another famous artist, Sarah Mary Taylor. She is especially known for her unique quilts made with a special technique called appliqué.

Discovering Pearlie Posey's Art

Pearlie Posey was a talented textile artist from America. She made wonderful quilts that are now seen as important works of art. Her work shows how creative and skilled she was with fabrics.

Pearlie's Life and Family

Pearlie Posey was born in 1894. She had a daughter named Sarah Mary Taylor, who also became a famous artist. Pearlie taught Sarah Mary everything she knew about quilting. She even made special patterns, called templates, for her daughter to use in her own quilts. This shows how much Pearlie helped her daughter become a great artist too.

Where You Can See Her Quilts

Pearlie Posey's beautiful quilts are kept in important art museums. You can find her work in the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the American Folk Art Museum. These museums collect and show art from different times and places.

Her quilts have also been part of special art shows that travel around. For example, her work was in an exhibition called Ancestry & Innovation: African American Art from the American Folk Art Museum. This show traveled from 2008 to 2009 and was presented by the Smithsonian Institution.

In 2009, her art was also shown at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in an exhibition called Quilt Stories. This show featured amazing quilts, including some from the Ella King Torrey Collection.

Pearlie Posey passed away in 1984, but her artistic legacy lives on through her stunning quilts and the work of her daughter.