Augusta Savage (born Augusta Christine Fells; February 29, 1892 – March 27, 1962) was an American sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance. She...
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known as The Harp, was a plaster sculpture by African-American artist Augusta Savage. It was commissioned for the 1939 New York World's Fair, and displayed...
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The Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts (AFSIVA) is a public high school in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is named after Augusta Savage...
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Savage encouraged artists to seek financial compensation for their works, which led to the start of the Harlem Artist Guild in 1935. Augusta Savage was...
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over the South and in some other parts of the country." A sculpture by Augusta Savage named after the song was exhibited at the 1939 New York World's Fair...
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Augusta Savage House and Studio is a historic home and sculpture studio located at Saugerties in Ulster County, New York, United States. The house is a...
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club put on in 1922, entitled "Tallaboo". Poston married the sculptor Augusta Savage in 1923. In December of 1923, he was the leader of a delegation sent...
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Mailou Jones Jacob Lawrence Norman Lewis (artist) Archibald Motley Augusta Savage James Van Der Zee Meta Warrick Fuller Laura Wheeler Waring Hale Woodruff...
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environmental sculpture created by Harvey Fite. Saugerties Lighthouse Augusta Savage House and Studio Trinity Episcopal Church: consecrated on June 13, 1833...
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Sept.- Nov. 2006" (PDF). Pelham Arts Center. pp. 18–19. "(inside)joke, Augusta Savage Gallery, University of Massachusetts Amherst" (PDF). "Art: Video Art...
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Retrieved 2015-06-18. "Augusta Savage". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2015-06-10. "The Harp by Augusta Savage". 1939 NY World's Fair. Archived...
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artists Michelangelo, Auguste Rodin, Käthe Kollwitz, Kōtarō Takamura and Augusta Savage. The statue is made of stainless steel, weighs 500 kg, is 1.5 meters...
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the American sculptor Augusta Savage. The scarps Blossom Rupes extend from Savage to the southern rim of Caravaggio crater. Savage is northwest of the smaller...
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MLK, Malcolm X, Harriet Tubman — and strong maternal women. Sculptor Augusta Savage's work was similarly uplifting. In a large commission for the 1939 New...
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Springs is also the birthplace of Augusta Savage (née Augusta Christine Fells, February 29, 1892 – March 26, 1962). Savage was an African-American sculptor...
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Art Museum in 2003. Her teachers in the arts included the sculptor Augusta Savage (who obtained support for her from the Works Progress Administration)...
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of Breonna Taylor in her own home. The exhibition was organized by Augusta Savage Gallery, at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States,...
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During the 1920s, artists such as Richmond Barthé, Aaron Douglas, Augusta Savage, and photographer James Van Der Zee became well known for their work...
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features the Augusta Savage Art Gallery and the university's Everywoman's Center. W.E.B. Du Bois Department for Afro-American Studies Augusta Savage Art Gallery...
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Elizabeth Catlett, Marion Palfi, poets Claude McKay, Dr. Charles Drew, Augusta Savage, anthropologist and dancer Katherine Dunham, singer Marian Anderson...
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actor Augusta Savage (1892–1962), African-American sculptor of the Harlem Renaissance Augustus Chase Savage (1832–1911), American hotelier Bas Savage (born...
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muralist Naomi Polk (1892–1984), American artist, watercolors and poet Augusta Savage (1892–1962), sculptor, teacher Vaclav Vytlacil (1892–1984), painter...
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Retrieved 2015-06-22. "Augusta Savage". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2015-06-10. "The Harp by Augusta Savage". 1939 NY World's Fair. Archived...
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(1935–41) was an African-American organization founded by artists including Augusta Savage, Charles Alston, Elba Lightfoot, Louise E. Jefferson and bibliophile...
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February 27 – William Demarest, American actor (d. 1983) February 29 – Augusta Savage, American sculptor (d. 1962) March 1 Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer...
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for others, notably the South Side Community Art Center in Chicago. Augusta Savage led various art classes in Harlem, and several other art leaders collaborated...
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exhibitions 1997 – Empty Wooden Cigarette Boxes From Cambodia, The Augusta Savage Gallery, Amherst, MA 2002 – Recent Works, The Brewery Studio, Boston...
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this group include Jacob Lawrence, Elba Lightfoot, Robert Blackburn, Augusta Savage, Norman Lewis, and Romare Bearden. "Alston, Charles". Benezit Dictionary...
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of it, and that the longest stretch of it concerned the Black artist Augusta Savage, with whom Gould, Brand reported, had been violently obsessed. Drawing...
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Richard S. Aldrich, American lawyer and politician (d. 1941) 1892 – Augusta Savage, American sculptor (d. 1962) 1896 – Morarji Desai, Indian civil servant...
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