Butterfly - Selma Burke (NEW)
Butterfly, Selma Burke
About the Work
Selma Burke was a member of the Harlem Renaissance movement and focused her practice mainly on figurative sculpture. She described herself as “a people’s sculptor” and intended for her art to speak to wide audiences, including those who lacked an arts education. In Butterfly, she depicts a red butterfly resting among a bed of blue flowers and green leaves.
—From Brandywine Workshop and Archives records with excerpt from www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/selma-burke, accessed 2-23-2022
About the Artist
Sculptor Selma Burke, from Mooresville, NC, earned a BA from Winston-Salem State University, NC; an MFA from Columbia University, New York City; and a PhD from Livingstone College, Salisbury, NC.
Burke had solo exhibitions at Princeton...
