Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
 |
|
|---|
Selections from the Permanent Collection
Currently on display: From the Studio
_________________In the Landman Gallery
About the Artist
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (1877-1968) is 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 Industrial Art (now the University of the Arts). Upon graduation in 1899, she moved to Paris, where she studied with a number of artists, and gained the friendship of prominent mentors like intellectual leader W.E.B. DuBois and famous French sculptor Auguste Rodin.
Fuller returned to the United States in 1902. Seven years later, she married Dr. Solomon Fuller, the first psychiatrist of African descent to practice in the US. The couple settled in Framingham, where Meta Fuller lived until her death in 1968.
Artistic Legacy
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller is considered a precursor to the Harlem Renaissance. She is known for her groundbreaking depictions of the African and African-American experience.
The Danforth Museum of Art is proud to be the caretaker of a body of work that expands upon some of the better-known aspects of Fuller’s oeuvre. Its collection of Fuller’s work is one of the largest in existence.
About the Exhibit
The Danforth Museum of Art 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 pieces that embrace themes of family and motherhood, as well as the history and heritage of African-Americans.
The Meta Fuller Program
In September 2009, the Danforth Museum of Art and Framingham Public Schools partnered to create an integrated Visual Arts and Social Studies curriculum focusing on a Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, a local artist of national importance. The collaboration is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts with a “Learning in the Arts” grant of $20,000, matched by the Sudbury Foundation and Target Foundation. The resulting education program teaches students about the life and work of Fuller while developing their critical thinking skills through close observation and discussion. A hands-on art activity expands the learning experience.
__ 
__
Copyright © 2005-2012 Danforth Museum and School of Art. All rights reserved. — Privacy Policy — Contact