#augusta savage

[abwwia]

Augusta Savage working on a piece, New York, NY, 1938

[weirdtvland]

Augusta Savage trailblazing sculpture, 1953.

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Boys sculpting a horse at the Harlem Community Art Center, 1937. The center was organized by the Federal Art Project and lasted from 1937 to 1942. It led to the formation of the Harlem Arts Alliance and became an exemplar for other such centers.

Artists who taught or studied at the center included Augusta Savage, Romare Bearden, William Henry Johnson, Langston Hughes, Jacob Lawrence, Claude McKay, and Richard Wright.

Photo: Solomon Horn via Alamy

[malgrelabrume]

lift every voice and sing by augusta savage, 1928.

sculpture in bronze.

[brattyfics]

Renaissance Woman Augusta Savage (1892-1962), known as a sculptor, artist, educator, and activist, started crafting figures from the natural red clay of her hometown, Green Cove Springs, Florida, during her childhood.

[annemarieyeretzian]

REALISM & NATURALISM 🌳 love, ur local art mom 🩵

disclaimers and more information under the cut ✂️

hi I’m annemarie and I’m an art historian! not adjuncting for the first time in five years was rly hard for me so I threw some slides together so I could still (sort of) teach the same material as my language of art class but a) I threw these slides together for instagram so space was/is limited and b) language of art is a ten week run through art history so I’m presenting only the most accessible information here – there’s so much more to this art period and to these artists! – please don’t expect it to be comprehensive and please do ask if you have any questions!

oh p.s. my first ever class of art history students came up with the name ‘art mom’ for me at the end of the quarter and yes it does make me cry if I think about it too long thanks so much for asking

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[goddessofwisdom18]

Some women's history pieces I drew for women's history month :)