SCULPTOR

Augusta Savage

1892 - 1962

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Augusta Savage (born Augusta Christine Fells; February 29, 1892 – March 27, 1962) was an American sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance. She was also a teacher whose studio was important to the careers of a generation of artists who would become nationally known. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Augusta Savage has received more than 500,414 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Augusta Savage is the 246th most popular sculptor (down from 212th in 2019), the 10,855th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,623rd in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Sculptor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Augusta Savage ranks 246 out of 258. Before her are Mari Gerekmezyan, Mikhail Anikushin, Walter W. Winans, Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański, Cícero Moraes, and Rebeca Matte Bello. After her are Dale Chihuly, Harriet Hosmer, Nek Chand, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and Ruth Asawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Augusta Savage ranks 288. Before her are Ruth Roland, Mady Christians, Luigi Maiocco, Wilhelm Lützow, Nico Bouvy, and Harry Mallin. After her are István Lichteneckert, Bjarne Johnsen, William Demarest, Sumner Welles, Patricia Collinge, and Robert Ellis. Among people deceased in 1962, Augusta Savage ranks 212. Before her are Bjørn Rasmussen, Léon Binoche, Dorothy Brookshaw, Edy Reinalter, Julius Lenhart, and Fran Saleški Finžgar. After her are George Vernot, Ron Flockhart, A. E. Douglass, Helena Kottler Vurnik, Robert S. Woodworth, and Frank Amyot.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Augusta Savage ranks 10,855 out of 20,380. Before her are Kevin Chamberlin (1963), Ryan Stiles (1959), James Shaffer (1970), Brandon Call (1976), Betty Ong (1956), and Eleanor Audley (1905). After her are Larry Black (1951), Glenn Strange (1899), John Hiatt (1952), Eric Fleming (1925), Richard D. Wolff (1942), and David Filo (1966).

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Among SCULPTORS In United States

Among sculptors born in United States, Augusta Savage ranks 18. Before her are Duane Hanson (1925), Daniel Chester French (1850), Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875), Chris Burden (1946), Horatio Greenough (1805), and Beverly Pepper (1922). After her are Dale Chihuly (1941), Harriet Hosmer (1830), Anna Hyatt Huntington (1876), and Ruth Asawa (1926).

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