Elizabeth Catlett
Women in the Visual Arts Perspective 2330A Elizabeth Catlett is a famous African American artist. Catlett was born in 1919 in Washington D.C. Her grandparents were former slaves. Catlett's grandparents were freed from slavery, and after they were freed they decided that they wanted better lives for their children which were Catlett's parents. Catlett created art works that related to her struggle of being an African American woman. Catlett would not separate her work from her African American heritage. Catlett would not separate her art work from the people. She felt that she could express the struggles of her people through her art work. Catlett faced many struggles because of her ethnic background. She faced many problems when she was younger and pursuing her career as an artist. Catlett faced two major problems she was a woman, and the other problem she faced was being African American. Catlett was an instructor, graphic artist, and a teacher. She has many works of art she has completed including: Sharecropper it was made from wood completed in 1970, Pensive made of bronze completed in 1946, Negro Es Bello made from lit
1 She turned to Howard University after she was denied admittance into Carnegie Institute of Technology. Catlett was seriously discriminated against being an African American in the visual arts. Both sculptures of Elvira and Nerfertiti resemble women in the visual arts. Her father was a professor of mathematics, a musician, composer, and a sculptor. 1 She graduated from Howard University with honors in 1937. She attended Iowa State University after her graduation from Howard. degree from the University of Iowa, in 1940. Elvira sculpture has a missing part, Elvira's eyes are missing. Nefertiti was fully decorated with jewelry. Catlett plays a very important part of women roles in visual arts history. Catlett followed in the foot steps of her father, she became a teacher. I found the sculpture Elvira completed Catlett very interesting. Both of the sculptures were sculptures of women.
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