Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens
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Museums page for William Ellsworth Artis ((1914 - 1977)), known for Ceramics, terra cotta pottery, portrait and elongated figure sculpture, teaching. Showing 11 museum collections and exhibitions.
William Ellsworth Artis MUSEUMS
1914 Washington, North Carolina - 1977 Northport, New York. Known for: Ceramics, terra cotta pottery, portrait and elongated figure sculpture, teaching.
Born in Washington, North Carolina, William Artis became a prominent Black-American ceramist, sculptor and teacher. He was best known for a series of terra cotta* and stoneware* heads of black... Read full biography
Born in Washington, North Carolina, William Artis became a prominent Black-American ceramist, sculptor and teacher. He was best known for a series of terra cotta* and stoneware* heads of black youths, which he created in the 1930s and 1940s such as Head of a Girl, 1933, exhibited at the Harmon... Read full biography
Born in Washington, North Carolina, William Artis became a prominent Black-American ceramist, sculptor and teacher. He was best known for a series of terra cotta* and stoneware* heads of black youths, which he created in the 1930s and 1940s such as Head of a Girl, 1933, exhibited at the Harmon Foundation*, and Weariness, 1934, exhibited at the Salon of America* at Radio City Music Hall. Of these types of work, it was written that they are Art Deco in style and "typically have an introverted... Read full biography
Born in Washington, North Carolina, William Artis became a prominent Black-American ceramist, sculptor and teacher. He was best known for a series of terra cotta* and stoneware* heads of black youths, which he created in the 1930s and 1940s such as Head of a Girl, 1933, exhibited at the Harmon Foundation*, and Weariness, 1934, exhibited at the Salon of America* at Radio City Music Hall. Of these types of work, it was written that they are Art Deco in style and "typically have an introverted impassivity and a spiritual appeal." (James, 23). In 1933, Artis studied at the Art Students League* in New York City, where he won the Harmon Foundation Prize in 1933. He then served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and after the war, studied on... Read full biography
Born in Washington, North Carolina, William Artis became a prominent Black-American ceramist, sculptor and teacher. He was best known for a series of terra cotta* and stoneware* heads of black youths, which he created in the 1930s and 1940s such as Head of a Girl, 1933, exhibited at the Harmon Foundation*, and Weariness, 1934, exhibited at the Salon of America* at Radio City Music Hall. Of these types of work, it was written that they are Art Deco in style and "typically have an introverted impassivity and a spiritual appeal." (James, 23). In 1933, Artis studied at the Art Students League* in New York City, where he won the Harmon Foundation Prize in 1933. He then served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and after the war, studied on the G.I. Bill at Syracuse University with Ivan Mestrovic, Yugoslavian expatriate sculptor. Artis earned a B.F.... Read full biography
William Ellsworth Artis - Artist Info
About William Ellsworth Artis: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (11)
All MuseumsGeorgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia
The University of Georgia
90 Carlton Street
Athens, GA 30602-6719Greenville County Museum of Art
420 College Street
Greenville, SC 29601Howard University Gallery of Art
Howard University
2455 6th Street
Washington, DC 20059Joslyn Art Museum
2200 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68102National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 410
Washington, DC 20001North Carolina Museum of Art
2110 Blue Ridge Road
Mail To 4630 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-4630The Johnson Collection
100 Dunbar Street, Suite 203
Spartanburg, SC 29306The Slater Memorial Museum
The Norwich Free Academy
108 Crescent Street
Norwich, CT 06360Walker Art Center
1750 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55403