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1903 New Orleans, Louisiana - 1990 New Orleans, Louisiana. Known for: Portrait sculpture, architectural decoration.
Angela Gregory probably decided to make art her career because of a strong familial support system. Her father, an academic, was a well-respected professor of engineering at Tulane University, and... Read full biography
Angela Gregory probably decided to make art her career because of a strong familial support system. Her father, an academic, was a well-respected professor of engineering at Tulane University, and her mother graduated from the Newcomb College School of Art before becoming an artist and teacher.... Read full biography
Angela Gregory probably decided to make art her career because of a strong familial support system. Her father, an academic, was a well-respected professor of engineering at Tulane University, and her mother graduated from the Newcomb College School of Art before becoming an artist and teacher. Gregory attended a private school for young women where her mother worked as an art teacher, and not surprising, she was able to benefit from her mother's inspirational lead. Gregory became adept at clay... Read full biography
Angela Gregory probably decided to make art her career because of a strong familial support system. Her father, an academic, was a well-respected professor of engineering at Tulane University, and her mother graduated from the Newcomb College School of Art before becoming an artist and teacher. Gregory attended a private school for young women where her mother worked as an art teacher, and not surprising, she was able to benefit from her mother's inspirational lead. Gregory became adept at clay modeling and relief casting by the young age of fourteen while taking summer classes at Tulane University. She entered Newcomb College School of Art in 1921. In her first three years at Newcomb, Gregory received awards for her watercolors, but her... Read full biography
Angela Gregory probably decided to make art her career because of a strong familial support system. Her father, an academic, was a well-respected professor of engineering at Tulane University, and her mother graduated from the Newcomb College School of Art before becoming an artist and teacher. Gregory attended a private school for young women where her mother worked as an art teacher, and not surprising, she was able to benefit from her mother's inspirational lead. Gregory became adept at clay modeling and relief casting by the young age of fourteen while taking summer classes at Tulane University. She entered Newcomb College School of Art in 1921. In her first three years at Newcomb, Gregory received awards for her watercolors, but her skills with sculpture did not solidify until she began her instruction with the German sculptor, Albert... Read full biography
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About Angela Gregory: Keywords
Keywords (37)
Art Method
- •Bas Relief, Wall Mounted Sculpture
- •Easel Painting
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Human Head Images, Portrait Heads, Faces
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked After 1900
Art Association
- •National Sculpture Society
- •New Orleans Art Association
- •Southern States Art League
Art Teacher
- •Ellsworth Woodward
- •Emile Antoine Bourdelle
- •Will Henry Stevens
Art School
- •Academie de la Grand Chaumiere, Paris, Student
- •Parsons, The New School for Design, Student
- •Sophie Newcomb College, Art School, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Artist Has Artist Family Members
- •Figure Specialty
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Southern States Art League Annual
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Sculpture Society-
- •New Orleans Art Association-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts