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Augusta Savage, John Henry, Kid Art, Historical Art, Art Historian, African American Art, Figurative Sculpture, Black Artists, Museum Of Fine Arts

Happy (belated) Birthday Augusta Savage, born February 29, 1892! Augusta Savage was an American sculptress, teacher, and activist associated with the Harlem Renaissance. I just learned of her recently and hope you enjoy learning more about her life and art too. Early Life Augusta Savage was born Augusta Christine Fells on February 29, 1892 in…

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Lift Every Voice and Sing by Augusta Savage. Lift Every Voice And Sing, Augusta Savage, Black Women Artists, Plaster Sculpture, Cleveland Museum Of Art, Colorful Abstract Painting, Performance Artist, Famous Art, African American Art

Augusta Fells (Savage) was born in Green Cove Springs (near Jacksonville ), Florida , on February 29, 1892, to Edward Fells, a Methodist minister, and Cornelia Murphy. [2] She began making clay figures as a child, mostly small animals, but her father was a poor Methodist minister who strongly opposed his daughter’s early interest in art. "My father licked me four or five times a week,” Savage once recalled, “and almost whipped all the art out of me.” [3] This was because at that…

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Augusta Savage, sculptor of the Harlem Renaissance Augusta Savage, Women Standing, Romare Bearden, Afrikaanse Kunst, By Any Means Necessary, African History, African American Art, Black American, African American History

African American sculptor, teacher, and advocate for black artists Augusta Savage was born Augusta Christine Fell in Green Cove Springs, Florida on February 29, 1892, the child of Edward Fells, a laborer and Methodist minister, and Cornelia Murphy. Her daughter, Irene Connie Moore, was born … Read MoreAugusta Savage (1892-1962)

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Augusta Savage — Abigail Ogilvy Gallery Augusta Savage, James Weldon Johnson, Male Artists, Teachers Lounge, Sumi Ink, Male Artist, Art Center, Community Art, Painter

Abigail Ogilvy Gallery is proud to present Revised Edition, a solo show of paintings by artist Coral Woodbury. Focused through a new, more inclusive and representative art historical lens, Woodbury explores those who have been overlooked by a world centered on the accomplishments of male artists. She critically reinterprets Western...

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