Augusta Savage by Marilyn Nelson

25/01/2022 2h 15min
Augusta Savage by Marilyn Nelson

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Title: Augusta Savage
Author: Marilyn Nelson
Narrator: Marilyn Nelson, Grace Angela Henry
Format: mp3
Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
Release date: 01-25-22
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 2 ratings
Genres: History & Culture
Publisher's Summary:
Augusta Savage was arguably the most influential American artist of the 1930s. A gifted sculptor, Savage was commissioned to create a portrait bust of W.E.B. Du Bois for the New York Public Library. She flourished during the Harlem Renaissance, and became a teacher to an entire generation of African American artists, including Jacob Lawrence, and would go on to be nationally recognized as one of the featured artists at the 1939 World’s Fair. She was the first-ever recorded Black gallerist, and worked to advance equal rights in the arts. And yet popular history has forgotten her name.