Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
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Selections from the Permanent Collection
Currently on display: Sculptures from the Studio
_________________In the Landman Gallery
_________________September 13, 2009 - August 8, 2010
About the Artist
Generally considered one of the first African-American female sculptors of importance, Fuller was born and raised in Philadelphia and trained at the Philadelphia Museum School of the Industrial Arts. Upon graduation in 1899, she moved to France, where she studied under a number of different sculptors, including Auguste Rodin, until her return to the United States in 1902. Seven years later, she married Dr. Solomon Fuller, a resident of Framingham and also the first psychiatrist of African descent to practice in the United States. She gave birth to three sons in quick succession, yet continued sculpting practically without interruption.
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller is often described as a member of the Harlem Renaissance who is best-known for her groundbreaking depictions of the African and African-American experience. According to University of Maryland Professor Renee Ater, Fuller’s work is about “religion and nature, [and] art and nation.” The Danforth Museum of Art is proud to be the caretaker of a large body of work that expands upon some of the better-known aspects of Fuller’s oeuvre. Its collection of works by the artist is believed to be one of the largest in existence.
About the Exhibit
The Danforth Museum of Art is pleased to present a selection of sculptures from the Museum’s collection of works by long-time Framingham resident Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (1877-1968). On view in the Landman Gallery, the exhibition features works that embrace religious themes and social issues.
The Meta Fuller Program
In September 2009 the Danforth Museum of Art and Framingham Public Schools will partner to create an integrated Visual Arts and Social Studies curriculum focusing on a local artist of national importance, Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The collaboration is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts with a “Learning in the Arts” grant of $20,000. The Museum and FPS must raise an additional $20,000 to match the grant. The resulting education program will reinforce students’ knowledge of Fuller, an African-American sculptor often described as a member of the Harlem Renaissance, and develop students’ powers of observation through discussion and a hands-on art activity.
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