Elizabeth Catlett was an American and Mexican sculptor and graphic artist who lived from 1915 to 2012, best known for depicting the Black American experience in the twentieth century, often focused on the female experience. A 1946 fellowship allowed her to travel to Mexico City, where she settled, worked for two decades with the Taller de Gráfica Popular print collective, and eventually became head of the sculpture department at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas; her work blends abstract and figurative Modernist styles with African and Mexican influences in the tradition of social realism.
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best known for her depictions of the Black-American experience in the 20th century, which often focused on the female experience
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However, a fellowship awarded to her in 1946 allowed her to travel to Mexico City, where she settled and 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.
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Her work is a mixture of abstract and figurative in the Modernist tradition, with influence from African and Mexican art traditions.
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