Augusta Savage: Renaissance Woman

By Jeffreen M. Hayes

Book Overview

This is a timely, visual, exploration of the fascinating life and lasting legacy of sculptor Augusta Savage (1892-1962), who overcame poverty, racism, and sexual discrimination to become one of America's most influential twentieth-century artists. Her story is one of community-building, activism, and art education. Born just outside Jacksonville, Florida, Savage left the South to pursue new opportunities and opened a studio in Harlem, New York City, offering free art classes. She co-founded the Harlem Artists' Guild in 1935 and became the first director of the federally-supported Harlem Community Art Center. Through her leadership there, Savage played an instrumental role in the development of many artists: William Artis, Gwendolyn Knight, Gwendolyn Bennett, Norman Lewis, Jacob Lawrence, Robert Blackburn, Romare Bearden, among many others. This ground-breaking volume features fifty works by Savage, and those she mentored or influenced, as well as correspondence and period photographs.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1911282220
• ISBN13: 9781911282228
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Giles
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.6" x 11.3"