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Meta Fuller

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Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (1877 - 1968) was active/lived in Massachusetts.  Meta Fuller is known for Sculpture-figure, illustration.

A sculptor who explored her African-American roots, Meta Fuller created emotion-packed work with strong social commentary, and became a forerunner of the Black Renaissance, a movement promoting African-American art.

She came from a comfortable middle-class family in Pennsylvania and won a scholarship to the Pennsylvania Museum & School of Industrial Art (PMSIA, now The University of the Arts College of Art and Design) in 1894.  In 1898, she received her diploma and teacher's certificate.  She stayed on through the 1899 school year to do an additional year of work. She then earned another scholarship, this time to study in Paris, but she encountered much prejudice, especially with lodging, when white students refused to be housed with her. 

However, the overall Paris art scene was more friendly, and she developed her skills at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and the Academie Colarrossi.  Auguste Rodin, foremost French sculptor, admired her work, and she   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1988 characters.]  Artist bio

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Similar artists

.  There are 22 similar (related) artists for Meta Fuller available:    Richard Dempsey,  Walter Henry Williams,  Lois Mailou Jones,  Alvin Carl Hollingsworth,  Charles Sebree,  Claude F Clark Sr,  Richard Mayhew,  Robert Blackburn,  Alvin Demar Loving Jr,  James Denmark,  John Anansa Thomas Biggers,  Charles Henry Alston,  Edward Mitchell Bannister,  Hughie Lee-Smith,  Charles Wilbert White,  Benny Andrews,  Norman Wilfred Lewis,  Beauford Delaney,  Hale Aspacio Woodruff,  Jacob Armstead Lawrence,  Sam Gilliam Jr,  Romare Howard Bearden



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Facts about Meta Fuller

   Publications  Book References:  25
Magazine References:  1

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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Meta Fuller
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review African American Women Sculptors February 1998 AR editors Yes
25 Book References for Meta Fuller
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2001 Hirshler, Erica E A Studio of Her Own: Women Artists in Boston, 1870-1940 227 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1997 Martin, Elizabeth; Vivian Meyer Female Gazes: Seventy-Five Women Artists 176 Yes
1997 Powell, Richard J Black Art and Culture in the 20th Century 256 Yes
1995 Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary 612 No
1994 Bailey, Brooke The Remarkable Lives Of 100 Women Artists 207 No
1990 Boime, Albert The Art of Exclusion Representing Blacks in the 19th Century 256 No
1990 Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions 638 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)		 538 No
1987 Studio Museum in Harlem Harlem Renaissance Art of Black America
(Exhibition catalog)		 200 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900 851 No
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1982 Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer American Women Artists from Early Times to the Present 560 Yes
1978 Lewis, Samella Art: African American 246 Yes
1973 Cederholm, Theresa Dickason Afro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory 348 No
1973 Collins, Jim L. Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present 426 No
1973 Fine, Elsa Honig The Afro-American Artist A Search for Identity 310 Yes
1972 Earle, Helen L Biographical Sketches of American Artists 370 No
1943 Porter, James A Modern Negro Art 272 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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