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29 FEBRUARY 189227 MARCH 1962
Mega Artists Magazine takes time to
remember revolutionary artists. Artists
who by their work, a movement or style
of thinking and acting has started. A
synopsis of their background is
compiled, to bring light to our readers,
about this Mega Artist.
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On this month’s issue we shed light on a
peculiar style of art, called Sculpting.
Augusta Christine Savage, began making
art as a child, using the natural clay. She
liked sculpting animals and other small
figures. But her father, a Methodist
minister, didn’t approve of this activity and
did whatever it took to stop her. “My father
almost whipped all the art out of me,”Savage.
Despite all that Savage continued making
sculptures. She entered community
competitions, winning most. After failing to
establish herself as a sculptor. She
struggled financially throughout her life,
but was able to study art at the Cooper
Union. She excelled there, finishing her
course work in three years instead of the
usual four. Savage applied to a special
summer program to study art in France,
was rejected because of her race. She
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became famous for portrait sculptor. Her
works from this time include portraits of
such leading African Americans as W.E.B.
Dubois and Marcus Garvey. Savage was
considered to be one of the leading artists of
the Harlem Renaissance, an African
American literary and artistic movement of
the 1920s.
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