Augusta Savage
American sculptor
Augusta Savage was an American sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance. She was also a teacher whose studio was important to the careers of a generation of artists who would become nationally known. She worked for equal rights for African... Wikipedia
Born: February 29, 1892, Green Cove Springs, FL
Died: March 1962 (age 70 years), New York, NY
Periods: Harlem Renaissance and Realism
Education: The Cooper Union, Académie de la Grande Chaumiere, and Royal Academy of Fine Arts
Influenced: Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden, Gwendolyn Knight, and more
Parents: Edward Fells and Cornelia Murphy Fells
Spouse: Robert Lincoln Poston (m. 1923–1924)