Fuller, Meta Warrick, 1877-1968

LC control no.	nr 97005964
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Fuller, Meta Warrick, 1877-1968 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Warrick Fuller, Meta, 1877-1968 Warrick, Meta Vaux, 1877-1968
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1877-06-09
Death date	1968-03-18
Place of birth	Philadelphia (Pa.)
Place of death	United States
Affiliation	Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art Academie Colarossi (Paris, France)
Profession or occupation	Sculptors Civil rights workers
Found in	God-given work, 1986: t.p. (Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller; 1877-1968) p. vi (Meta Warrick Fuller; b. June 9, 1877, Philadelphia; sculptor) RLIN, 02/13/97 (hdg.: Fuller, Meta Warrick, 1877-1968; usage: Meta Warrick Fuller; Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller) Mallett's Index of artists, 1948 (Warrick, Mete [i.e. Meta] Vaux (Mrs. Fuller)) Black Women in America, Second Edition, accessed January 23, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Fuller, Meta Vaux Warrick; sculptor, civil rights activist; born 09 June 1877 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; studied at the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art (1894-1897); in the he fall of 1900 enrolled at the Academie Colarossi in Paris. produced a grotesque version of Hugo's Laughing Man, as well as subjects, including Man Carrying a Dead Comrade and The Wretched (1902); the only American to exhibit with French artists in gallery L'art Nouveau in Paris; inspired by western European literature and drama, created works such as Head of Medusa, Siegfried Slaying the Lion, and The Three Daughters of the Rhine, the Crucifixion of Christ in Agony; sculpture exhibiting mature style is Spirit of Emancipation (1913); among best known pieces, Ethiopia Awakening (1921); contributed to civil rights movement through art sales and works (1963-1965); died 18 March 1968 in United States)