Central to Their Lives: Southern Women Artists in the Johnson Collection
2018Blackman, Lynne (Editor), The Johnson Collection
245 pages (color)
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1892 Green Cove Springs, Florida - 1962 New York City. Known for: African-American portrait sculpture, educator.
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An African-American sculptor who struggled with poverty and racist attitudes, Augusta Savage became a leading figure among African-American artists. She was known for her skill with commissioned... Read full biography
An African-American sculptor who struggled with poverty and racist attitudes, Augusta Savage became a leading figure among African-American artists. She was known for her skill with commissioned portrait sculptures, especially ones that emphasized racial identity and were identified with prominent... Read full biography
An African-American sculptor who struggled with poverty and racist attitudes, Augusta Savage became a leading figure among African-American artists. She was known for her skill with commissioned portrait sculptures, especially ones that emphasized racial identity and were identified with prominent persons in Harlem in New York City. Later in her career, she focused more on ordinary people and the integrity of their 'common' position in society. Her mediums were bronze, clay and plaster. One of... Read full biography
An African-American sculptor who struggled with poverty and racist attitudes, Augusta Savage became a leading figure among African-American artists. She was known for her skill with commissioned portrait sculptures, especially ones that emphasized racial identity and were identified with prominent persons in Harlem in New York City. Later in her career, she focused more on ordinary people and the integrity of their 'common' position in society. Her mediums were bronze, clay and plaster. One of her few surviving pieces is a portrait bust of W.E.B. DuBois in the New York Public Library, 135 Street Branch. One of her biographers, Leslie King-Hammond, described Augusta Savage as a "true Renaissance woman." (472) Not only was she a recognized... Read full biography
An African-American sculptor who struggled with poverty and racist attitudes, Augusta Savage became a leading figure among African-American artists. She was known for her skill with commissioned portrait sculptures, especially ones that emphasized racial identity and were identified with prominent persons in Harlem in New York City. Later in her career, she focused more on ordinary people and the integrity of their 'common' position in society. Her mediums were bronze, clay and plaster. One of her few surviving pieces is a portrait bust of W.E.B. DuBois in the New York Public Library, 135 Street Branch. One of her biographers, Leslie King-Hammond, described Augusta Savage as a "true Renaissance woman." (472) Not only was she a recognized sculptor but she became a distinguished eductor, founding several art schools including th... Read full biography
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Palm Beach Visual Arts
2016Pollack, Deborah C.200 pages (color)The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesNew Negro Artists in Paris, 1922-34 African-American Painters and Sculptors
2000Leininger-Miller, Theresa320 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesBlack Art and Culture in the 20th Century
1997Powell, Richard J256 pages (color)St. James Guide to Black Artists: Published in Association with Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
1997Riggs, Thomas (Editor); Howard Dobson (Preface)625 pagesNorth American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller612 pagesThe Remarkable Lives Of 100 Women Artists
1994Bailey, Brooke207 pagesA History-African-American Artists From 1792 to the Present
1993Bearden, Romare/Harry Henderson542 pages (color)Free Within Ourselves: African-American Artists in the Collection of the National Museum of American Art
1993Perry, Regina A203 pages (color)The Salons of America
1991
(Exhibition catalog)Marlor, Clark S242 pagesFacing History The Black Image in American Art 1710-1940
1990
(Exhibition catalog)McElroy, Guy C190 pages (color)American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions
1990Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer638 pagesAgainst the Odds African-American Artists and the Harmon Foundation
1989
(Exhibition catalog)Reynolds, Gary/Beryl J Wright298 pages (color)Augusta Savage and the Art Schools of Harlem Schomburg Center Exhibition
1988
(Exhibition catalog)Curator, Schomburg Center0 pagesHarlem Renaissance Art of Black America
1987
(Exhibition catalog)Studio Museum in Harlem200 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesDictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900
1985Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie851 pagesAmerican Women Artists from Early Times to the Present
1982Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer560 pages (color)Art: African American
1978Lewis, Samella246 pages (color)Afro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory
1973Cederholm, Theresa Dickason348 pagesSix Black Masters of American Art
1972Bearden, Romare/H Henderson120 pages (color)Five Black Masters of American Art
1972Bearden, Romare; Harry Henderson0 pages (color)Modern Negro Art
1943Porter, James A272 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1940-1941, Volume III Contemporary American Artists
1940Ball, Charlotte (editor)790 pagesNegro Artists: An Illustrated Review of Their Achievements
1935
(Exhibition catalog)Harmon Foundation60 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pagesFlorida Sculptors and Their Work 1880-2020
0Pollack, Deborah184 pages (color)