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1872 Lexington, Kentucky - 1967. Known for: Portrait bust sculpture, ceramics, illustration, art education.
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Isaac Hathaway (1872-1967) . He was an African-American sculptor, ceramicist, illustrator, and teacher. Isaac Scott Hathaway was from Lexington, KY one of three children born to the Reverend Hathaway... Read full biography
Isaac Hathaway (1872-1967) . He was an African-American sculptor, ceramicist, illustrator, and teacher. Isaac Scott Hathaway was from Lexington, KY one of three children born to the Reverend Hathaway and his wife. His mother died when he was only age two. Isaac and his two sisters, Fannie and Eva,... Read full biography
Isaac Hathaway (1872-1967) . He was an African-American sculptor, ceramicist, illustrator, and teacher. Isaac Scott Hathaway was from Lexington, KY one of three children born to the Reverend Hathaway and his wife. His mother died when he was only age two. Isaac and his two sisters, Fannie and Eva, were raised by their father. Hathaway's childhood was packed with questions. When he was nine, while visiting a museum containing busts of famous white Americans he asked his father where the bust of... Read full biography
Isaac Hathaway (1872-1967) . He was an African-American sculptor, ceramicist, illustrator, and teacher. Isaac Scott Hathaway was from Lexington, KY one of three children born to the Reverend Hathaway and his wife. His mother died when he was only age two. Isaac and his two sisters, Fannie and Eva, were raised by their father. Hathaway's childhood was packed with questions. When he was nine, while visiting a museum containing busts of famous white Americans he asked his father where the bust of his hero, Frederick Douglass was. His father replied that there were no trained Negro sculptors to mold prominent Negro people. Young Hathaway responded, "I am going to model busts of Negroes and put them where people can see them." . Hathaway went... Read full biography
Isaac Hathaway (1872-1967) . He was an African-American sculptor, ceramicist, illustrator, and teacher. Isaac Scott Hathaway was from Lexington, KY one of three children born to the Reverend Hathaway and his wife. His mother died when he was only age two. Isaac and his two sisters, Fannie and Eva, were raised by their father. Hathaway's childhood was packed with questions. When he was nine, while visiting a museum containing busts of famous white Americans he asked his father where the bust of his hero, Frederick Douglass was. His father replied that there were no trained Negro sculptors to mold prominent Negro people. Young Hathaway responded, "I am going to model busts of Negroes and put them where people can see them." . Hathaway went on to Chandler College in Lexington, Kentucky and Pittsburg Normal College in Pittsburg,... Read full biography
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Isaac Hathaway (1872-1967)
He was an African-American sculptor, ceramicist, illustrator, and teacher.
Isaac Scott Hathaway was from Lexington, KY one of three children born to the Reverend Hathaway and his wife. His mother died when he was only age two. Isaac and his two sisters, Fannie and Eva, were raised by their father. Hathaway's childhood was packed with questions. When he was nine, while visiting a museum containing busts of famous white Americans he asked his father where the bust of his hero, Frederick Douglass was. His father replied that there were no trained Negro sculptors to mold prominent Negro people. Young Hathaway responded, "I am going to model busts of Negroes and pu...But wait, there's more...
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