Amy Sherald

Amy Sherald (born August 30, 1973) is an American painter.

In 2016, she won the National Portrait Gallery's Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition with her painting, Miss Everything (Unsuppressed Deliverance); She is the first woman to win that; She is also the first African American to win that. 

In December 2020, her piece The Bathers (2015) was sold at auction for $4,265,000. On November 17, 2021, Welfare Queen (2012), sold for $3.9M.

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Category:American painters