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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
Augusta Christine Fells (Moore) Savage - Artist Info
About Augusta Christine Fells (Moore) Savage: Keywords
Keywords (34)
Art Method
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Portrait Bust Sculpture
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Europe
- •Woodstock, New York
Art Association
- •National Association of Women Artists, Painters and Sculptors
- •Salons of America
- •Woodstock Art Association, New York
Art School
- •Academie de la Grand Chaumiere, Paris, Student
- •Cooper Union Art School, Cooper School of Design, Student
- •Fontainebleau School of Fine Arts, France, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Carnegie Foundation Fellowship, Grant
- •Harmon Foundation Award
- •Julius Rosenwald Foundation Grant
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
- •Harlem Renaissance Artist
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Association of Women Artists, Painters and Sculptors)
- •Salons of America-
- •Woodstock NY Art Association
Exhibition of Museum
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Harmon Foundation, Harlem
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons