Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller

American artist (1877–1968)

Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller ) was an African-American artist who celebrated Afrocentric themes. At the fore of the Harlem Renaissance, Warrick was known for being a poet, painter, theater designer, and sculptor of the Black American experience. At the turn of the 20th century, she achieved a reputation as the first Black woman sculptor and was a well-known sculptor in Paris before returning to the United States.