Amy Helene Kirschke

Women Artists of the Harlem Renaissance Amy Helene Kirschke

Marc Notes: Includes index.; Women artists of the Harlem Renaissance dealt with issues that were unique to both their gender and their race. They experienced racial prejudice, which limited their ability to obtain training and to be taken seriously as working artists. They also encountered prevailing sexism, often an even more serious barrier. Including seventy-two black and white illustrations, this book chronicles the challenges of women artists, who are in some cases unknown to the general public, and places their achievements in the artistic and cultural context of early twentieth-century America. Contributors to this first book on the women artists of the Harlem Renaissance proclaim the legacy of Edmonia Lewis, Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, Augusta Savage, Selma Burke, Elizabeth Prophet, Lois Maillou Jones, Elizabeth Catlett, and many other painters, sculptors, and printmakers. In a time of more rigid gender roles, women artists faced the added struggle of raising families and attempting to gain support and encouragement from their often-reluctant spouses in order to pursue their art. They also confronted the challenge of convincing their fellow male artists that they, too, should be seen as important contributors to the artistic innovation of the era--; Provided by publisher.; Women artists of the Harlem Renaissance dealt with issues that were unique to both their gender and their race. They experienced racial prejudice, which limited their ability to obtain training and to be taken seriously as working artists. They also encountered prevailing sexism, often an even more serious barrier. Including black and white illustrations, this book chronicles the challenges of women artists, who are in some cases unknown to the general public, and places their achievements in the artistic and cultural context of early twentieth-century America. Contributors to this first book on the women artists of the Harlem Renaissance proclaim the legacy of Edmonia Lewis, Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, Augusta Savage, Selma Burke, Elizabeth Prophet, Lois Maillou Jones, Elizabeth Catlett, and many other painters, sculptors, and printmakers. In a time of more rigid gender roles, women artists faced the added struggle of raising families and attempting to gain support and encouragement from their often-reluctant spouses in order to pursue their art. They also confronted the challenge of convincing their fellow male artists that they, too, should be seen as important contributors to the artistic innovation of the era--; Provided by publisher.; Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher;resource not viewed. Brief Description: "Women artists of the Harlem Renaissance dealt with issues that were unique to both their gender and their race. They experienced racial prejudice, which limited their ability to obtain training and to be taken seriously as working artists. They also encountered prevailing sexism, often an even more serious barrier. Including black and white illustrations, this book chronicles the challenges of women artists, who are in some cases unknown to the general public, and places their achievements in the artistic and cultural context of early twentieth-century America. Contributors to this first book on the women artists of the Harlem Renaissance proclaim the legacy of Edmonia Lewis, Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, Augusta Savage, Selma Burke, Elizabeth Prophet, Lois Maillou Jones, Elizabeth Catlett, and many other painters, sculptors, and printmakers. In a time of more rigid gender roles, women artists faced the added struggle of raising families and attempting to gain support and encouragement from their often-reluctant spouses in order to pursue their art. They also confronted the challenge of convincing their fellow male artists that they, too, should be seen as important contributors to the artistic innovation of the era"--Table of Contents: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Harlem and the Renaissance: 1920-1940 / Cary D. Wintz -- Chapter 2. Lifting as She Climbed: Mary Edmonia Lewis, Representing and Representative / Kirsten Pai Buick -- Chapter 3. Meta Warrick Fuller's Ethiopia and the Americas Making Exposition of 1921 / RenEe Ater -- Chapter 4. Laura Wheeler Waring and the Women Illustrators of the Harlem Renaissance / Amy Helene Kirschke -- Chapter 5. May Howard Jackson, Beulah Ecton Woodard, and Selma Burke / Lisa E. Farrington -- Chapter 6. Modern Dancers and African Amazons: Augusta Savage's Daring Sculptures of Women, 1929-1930 / Theresa Leininger-Miller -- Chapter 7. The Wide-Ranging Significance of LoIs Mailou Jones / Susan Earle -- Chapter 8. Elizabeth Catlett: Inheriting the Legacy / Melanie Anne Herzog -- List of Contributors -- Index. Publisher Marketing: Women artists of the Harlem Renaissance dealt with issues that were unique to both their gender and their race. They experienced racial prejudice, which limited their ability to obtain training and to be taken seriously as working artists. They also encountered prevailing sexism, often an even more serious barrier. Including seventy-two black and white illustrations, this book chronicles the challenges of women artists, who are in some cases unknown to the general public, and places their achievements in the artistic and cultural context of early twentieth-century America. Contributors to this first book on the women artists of the Harlem Renaissance proclaim the legacy of Edmonia Lewis, Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, Augusta Savage, Selma Burke, Elizabeth Prophet, Lois Maillou Jones, Elizabeth Catlett, and many other painters, sculptors, and printmakers. In a time of more rigid gender roles, women artists faced the added struggle of raising families and attempting to gain support and encouragement from their often-reluctant spouses in order to pursue their art. They also confronted the challenge of convincing their fellow male artists that they, too, should be seen as important contributors to the artistic innovation of the era.

Contributor Bio:  Kirschke, Amy Helene Amy Helene Kirschke is a professor and chair at University of North Carolina, Wilmington, in the Department of Art and Art History. She is the author of "Aaron Douglas: Art, Race, and the Harlem Renaissance" (published by University Press of Mississippi) and "Art in Crisis: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Struggle for African American Identity and Memory" (winner of the 2007 SECAC award for excellence in writing and research), and coeditor of "Protest and Propaganda: W. E. B. Du Bois, the "Crisis," and American History".