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Selma Hortense Burke (December 31, 1900 – August 29, 1995) was an American sculptor and a member of the Harlem Renaissance movement. [1] Burke is best known for a bas relief portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt which may have been the model for his image on the obverse of the dime . [ 2 ]
Selma Burke, 94, American sculptor. [176] Enrique Carreras, 70, Peruvian-Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer. [177] Pierre-Max Dubois, 65, French composer of classical music and conductor. [178] Art Jones, 76, American gridiron football player. [179]
Burke began to drink and Barfield's complaints turned into bitter arguments. [4] On April 4, 1969, after Burke had passed out, Barfield and the children left the house, and when they returned, they found the structure burned and Burke dead. [4] [6] In 1970, Barfield married a widower, Jennings Barfield. Less than a year after their marriage ...
Selma Burke (1900–1995), sculptor and ceramicist (Mooresville) Amanda Crowe (1928–2004), woodcarver ; Minnie Evans (1892–1987), folk artist (Pender County) Herb Jackson (born 1945), painter, given North Carolina Award by governor in 1999
This is a partial list of 20th-century women artists, sorted alphabetically by decade of birth.These artists are known for creating artworks that are primarily visual in nature, in traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, ceramics as well as in more recently developed genres, such as installation art, performance art, conceptual art, digital art and video art.
She received national recognition for her relief portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt which was the model for his image on the dime. She was committed to teaching art to others, so she established the Selma Burke Art School in Durham and opened the Selma Burke Art Center in Pittsburgh, PA." The bit about the dime, for example.
Name Original chapter Notability References Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, J.D., Ph.D. Gamma: 1919–1923. Mossell Alexander was the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in the United States, the first woman to receive a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, one of the first Black women to receive a Phi Beta Kappa Key in the state of Pennsylvania, and the first ...
Robert Scott Duncanson, Landscape with Rainbow c. 1859, Hudson River School, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.. This list of African-American visual artists is a list that includes dates of birth and death of historically recognized African-American fine artists known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual in nature, including traditional media such as painting ...