#CelebratingBlackHistory Artist: Elizabeth Catlett (April 15, 1915 – April 2, 2012) Background: #ElizabethCatlett was an American and Mexican graphic artist and sculptor best known for her depictions of the African-American experience in the 20th century, which often focused on the female experience. She was born and raised in Washington, D.C. to parents working in education, and was the grandchild of freed slaves. It was difficult for a black woman in this time to pursue a career as a working artist. Catlett devoted much of her career to teaching. However, a fellowship awarded to her in 1946 allowed her to travel to Mexico City, where she worked with the Taller de Gráfica Popular for twenty years and became head of the sculpture department for the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas. In the 1950s, her main means of artistic expression shifted from print to sculpture, though she never gave up the former. • Catlett's work can be found in major collections such as those of the Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art (@themuseumofmodernart), Library of Congress (@librarycongress), Minneapolis Institute of Arts, National Museum in Prague, the Toledo Museum of Art, the Clark Atlanta University Art Galleries (@cau1988), the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico, the Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Iowa, the June Kelly Gallery and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York. The Legacy Museum (@legacymuseum), which opened on April 26, 2018, displays and dramatizes the history of slavery and racism in America, and features artwork by Catlett and others. • #ArtAboveReality #LookWhatArtFound #Inspiring #Harlem #Curator #ContemporaryArt #FineArt #CollectArt #LiveWithArt #ArtConsultant #BlackArtists #BlackHistoryMonth #ModernArt #ArtHistory #ArtFuture #Pioneer #America #Mexico #BlackWomen #Activism https://www.instagram.com/p/B8JxK7hHUzA/?igshid=1qprihisu5hxv
