| LC control no. | n 84229535 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Catlett, Elizabeth, 1915-2012 |
| Variant(s) | Catlett, Alice Elizabeth, 1915-2012 Catlett, Betty, 1915-2012 Mora, Elizabeth Catlett, 1915-2012 Mora, Francisco, Mrs., 1915-2012 White, Elizabeth Catlett, 1915-2012 |
| See also | Mora, Francisco, 1922-2002 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1915-04-15 |
| Death date | 2012-04-02 |
| Place of birth | Washington (D.C.) |
| Place of death | Cuernavaca (Mexico) |
| Field of activity | Sculpture Prints Art--Study and teaching |
| Affiliation | Howard University University of Iowa Dillard University Art Institute of Chicago Taller de Gráfica Popular (Mexico City, Mexico) |
| Profession or occupation | Sculptors Printmakers Educators |
| Found in | Lewis, S.S. The art of Elizabeth Catlett, c1984: p. 192 (b. 4/15/19; M.F.A. majoring in sculpture, Univ. of Iowa; marr. 1st: Charles White, fr. 1941-1946; marr. 2nd: Francisco Mora, fr. 1946) NUCMC data from Amistad Research Center for Her Papers, 1902-1984 (Elizabeth Catlett, b. 1915?; Mrs. Francisco Mora) Elizabeth Catlett sculpture, c1998: chronology (b. Apr. 15, 1915 in Wash. D.C.; est. permanent residence in Mexico in 1947, and became a Mexican citizen in 1962) Betty & Pancho, 1998: container (a video about the Afro-American sculptor Elizabeth Catlett and the Mexican painter Francisco Mora) New York times WWW site, Apr. 4, 2012 (in obituary published Apr. 3: Elizabeth Catlett; b. Alice Elizabeth Catlett, Apr. 15, 1915, Washington; d. Monday [Apr. 2, 2012], Cuernavaca, Mexico, aged 96; her abstracted sculptures of the human form reflected her deep concern with the African-American experience and the struggle for civil rights; had lived in Mexico since the late 1940s) African American National Biography, accessed January 16, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Catlett, Elizabeth; Alice Elizabeth Catlett; sculptor, printmaker, teacher; born 15 April 1915 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States; BS in Art from Howard University BS (1935); MFA from the University of Iowa (1940); studied ceramics at the Art Institute of Chicago and lithography at the Southside Community Art Center, Chicago (1941); her sculpture, Mother and Child, won first prize in sculpture at the American Negro Exposition in Chicago; was head of the art department at Dillard University, New Orleans (1940); joined Taller de Gráfica Popular (TGP) (1947-1966); was a professor of sculpture at Mexico's National School of Fine Arts (1958-1976); became a Mexican citizen (1962); barred from the United States until (1971); first solo exhibition in the United States, at the Studio Museum in Harlem (1971); received the International Sculpture Center's Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award (2002), and an honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts from Syracuse University (2010); died 02 April 2012 in Cuernavaca, Mexico) Find a grave, viewed 2 December 2023 (Elizabeth “Betty” Catlett Mora; graphic artist, sculptor, print maker, and teacher; student of Haley Douglass; married to Francisco Mora) <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88026793/elizabeth-mora> |
| Associated language | eng |
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