Ethiopia Awakening

Sculpture

By: Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller

Date: 1914

Source: Fuller, Meta Vaux Warrick. Ethiopia Awakening, 1914. Available online at http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/fhigh/Ethiopia_Awakening_1.htm; website home page: http://www.wisc.edu (accessed November 13, 2002).

About the Artist: Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (1877–1968) was born in Philadelphia. The youngest of three children, Fuller attended a segregated school in Philadelphia until she was awarded a scholarship to the Philadelphia Museum School for the Industrial Arts. She also studied in Paris. Fuller's early work was influenced by her brother's and grandfather's horror stories, earning her the title "the sculptor of horror."

Introduction

Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller was not deterred by the social...

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