Helen Lafrance 11.24.20

A prominent black Kentucky artist has died at 101.

No one was hurt.

In western kentucky..

In graves county... a prominent black kentucky artist who painted her memories of rural life has died.

Fs img center:helen lafrance has died prominent black kentucky artist - was 101 years old helen lafrance2.jpg helen lafrance was 101 years old.

Her paintings are housed in museums in the u.s. and europe, and in the collections of oprah winfrey and bryant gumbel.

She died in mayfield on sunday.

Lafrance was self-taught, and her works show people at church, family gatherings, funerals and other aspects of small- town