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LauraJG@deacon.social ("Laura G, Sassy 70’s") wrote:
Your Black History Month art post for today: by Augusta Savage (1892-1962), “Gwendolyn Knight,” painted plaster, 18 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 9 in. (47 x 21.6 x 22.9 cm), Seattle Art Museum. #arthistory #BlackHistoryMonth #blackart #blackartists #womanartist #womenartists
From the website: “After studying sculpture in New York and Paris, the sculptor Augusta Savage opened the Savage School of Arts and Crafts in Harlem in 1931. She became a mentor to a generation of young artists, including Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight, of whom this bust is a portrait. Modeled in clay and cast in plaster, it captures Knight’s delicate features, penetrating personality, and formidable presence. Savage unveiled this bust at an exhibition of her students’ work at the Harlem Art Workshop in February 1935. Because she lacked the resources to cast her plaster pieces in bronze, few examples of her work survive—this is a rare exception.”
