Burke, Selma Hortense, 1900-1995

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Selma Hortense Burke (born December 31, 1900, Mooresville, North Carolina – died August 29, 1995, New Hope, Pennsylvania), American sculptor and a member of the Harlem Renaissance movement. Burke is best known for a bas relief portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt which is the model for his image on the obverse of the dime. She described herself as "a people's sculptor" and created many pieces of public art, often portraits of prominent African-American figures like Duke Ellington, Mary McLeod Bethune and Booker T. Washington. In 1979, she was awarded the Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award. She summed up her life as an artist, "I really live and move in the atmosphere in which I am creating".

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referencedIn Igoe, Lynn, 1937-. [Ephemera on North Carolina artists]. Part 1 of 2: Artists: B. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Burke, Selma, 1900- : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Horn, Pinchos. Selma Burke [graphic]. Archives of American Art
creatorOf Burke, Selma, 1900-. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
referencedIn Yaddo records, 1870-1980 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf BURKE, SELMA. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
creatorOf Harmon Foundation Collection. 1922 - 1967. Artworks by Negro Artists. 1922 - 1967. quot;Mary Holidayquot; National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Harmon Foundation Collection. 1922 - 1967. Artworks by Negro Artists. 1922 - 1967. quot;Mary Bethunequot; National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Harmon Foundation Collection. 1922 - 1967. Artworks by Negro Artists. 1922 - 1967. quot;Mary Holidayquot; National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection Archives of American Art
creatorOf Burke, Selma, 1900-. [Selma Burke : artist file] Detroit Institute of Arts Research Library & Archives, DIA Research Library & Archives
creatorOf Harmon Foundation Collection. 1922 - 1967. Artworks by Negro Artists. 1922 - 1967. quot;Mary Bethunequot; National Archives at College Park
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Death 1995-08-29

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