Research Catalog
Augusta Savage : Renaissance woman
- Title
- Augusta Savage : Renaissance woman / Jeffreen M. Hayes ; with contributions by Kirsten Pai Buick and Bridget R. Cooks ; and an introduction by Howard Dodson.
- Author
- Hayes, Jeffreen M.
- Publication
- London, UK : GILES, an imprint of D Giles Limited, 2018.
- ©2018
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc+ F 18-447 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | By appointment only | Sc Art F 18-236 | Schomburg Center - Art & Artifacts |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 156 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm
- Summary
- This is a timely, visual, exploration of the fascinating life and lasting legacy of sculptor Augusta Savage (1892-1962), who overcame poverty, racism, and sexual discrimination to become one of America's most influential twentieth-century artists. Her story is one of community-building, activism, and art education. Born just outside Jacksonville, Florida, Savage left the South to pursue new opportunities and opened a studio in Harlem, New York City, offering free art classes. She co-founded the Harlem Artists' Guild in 1935 and became the first director of the federally-supported Harlem Community Art Center. Through her leadership there, Savage played an instrumental role in the development of many artists: William Artis, Gwendolyn Knight, Gwendolyn Bennett, Norman Lewis, Jacob Lawrence, Robert Blackburn, Romare Bearden, among many others. This ground-breaking volume features fifty works by Savage, and those she mentored or influenced, as well as correspondence and period photographs.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Note
- This catalog accompanies the exhibition of the same name at Cummer Museum of Art, Jacksonville: October 12, 2018 to April 7, 2019; New York Historical Society Museums & Library: May 3-July 28, 2019; Palmer Museum of Art , Pennsylvania State University, August 24-December 8, 2019; Dixon Gallery & Gardens: January 19-March 22, 2020.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-154) and index.
- Call Number
- Sc+ F 18-447
- ISBN
- 9781911282228
- 1911282220
- 0915135183
- 9780915135189
- OCLC
- 1043435459
- Author
- Hayes, Jeffreen M., author.
- Title
- Augusta Savage : Renaissance woman / Jeffreen M. Hayes ; with contributions by Kirsten Pai Buick and Bridget R. Cooks ; and an introduction by Howard Dodson.
- Publisher
- London, UK : GILES, an imprint of D Giles Limited, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-154) and index.
- Local Note
- Gift to Schomburg.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Buick, Kirsten Pai, contributor.Cooks, Bridget R., 1972- contributor.Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, host institution.New-York Historical Society. Library, host institution.Palmer Museum of Art (Pennsylvania State University), host institution.Dixon Gallery and Gardens, host institution.
- Research Call Number
- Sc+ F 18-447Sc Art F 18-236