Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller

Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (/miːtə ˈvaʊ/ MEE-tə VOW; born Meta Vaux Warrick; June 9, 1877 – March 13, 1968[lower-alpha 1]) was an African-American artist who celebrated Afrocentric themes. At the fore of the Harlem Renaissance, Warrick was known for being a poet, painter, theater designer, and sculptor of the black American experience. At the turn of the 20th century, she achieved a reputation as the first black woman sculptor and was a well-known sculptor in Paris before returning to the United States.[1] Warrick was a protégée of Auguste Rodin, and has been described as "one of the most imaginative Black artists of her generation."[2] Through adopting a horror-based figural style and choosing to depict events of racial injustice, like the lynching of Mary Turner, Warrick used her platform to address the societal traumas of African Americans.[3]

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Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller in 1910
Born	Meta Vaux Warrick June 9, 1877 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	March 13, 1968(1968-03-13) (aged 90)[lower-alpha 1] Framingham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education	University of the Arts, College of Art and Design, Académie Colarossi, École des Beaux-Arts
Occupation(s)	Sculptor, painter, poet
Movement	Harlem Renaissance
Spouse	Solomon Carter Fuller ​ ​ (m. 1907; died 1953)​
Children	3
Parent(s)	William H. Warrick Emma Jones