Linda Friedman Schmidt “PAIN INTO POWER"

Linda Friedman Schmidt PAIN INTO POWER" 2021 Discarded Clothing, Yarn, Felt, Thread, GessoDimensions 24in x 30in x 2inUniqueSigned on recto and verso, includes a certificate of authenticity Linda Friedman Schmidt is a self-taught artist known for her emotional narrative portraits created from discarded clothing. She was born stateless in a German displaced persons camp, the first child of Holocaust survivors. Her artwork weaves together fragments of personal history with contemporary political, social, and feminist issues. Linda’s work has been exhibited extensively throughout the United States in group shows at the American Folk Art Museum, Allentown Art Museum, Coral Springs Museum of Art, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, Morris Museum, New Jersey State Museum, Montclair Art Museum, Monmouth Museum, Noyes Museum of Art, Attleboro Art Museum, Alexandria Museum of Art, Koehnline Museum of Art, Jersey City Museum, Loveland Museum, Cahoon Museum of American Art, Saint Mary’s College Museum of Ar