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Selma Burke
Selma Hortense Burke is an American sculptor and member of the Harlem Renaissance movement. Burke is best known for the relief portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt which inspired the disc found on the back of the coin. She describes herself as the "People's Sculptor" and creates many public works of art, often portraits of famous African-American figures such as Duke Ellington, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Booker T. Washington. In 1979, she received the Caucus Lifetime Achievement Award for Women's Art.
BornSelma Hortense Burke, December 31, 1900, Mooresville, North Carolina, United States
DiedAugust 29, 1995
NationalityAmerican
EducationColumbia University
Known forSculpture

About Selma Burke

Sculptor Selma Burke was born in Mooresville, North Carolina, United States on December 31, 1900. She dies at the age of 94, on August 29, 1995.

American sculptor well known for her relief of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which she created two art schools in New York and Pennsylvania.

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Selma Burke before becoming famous

Selma Burke was born in the Zodiac sign Capricorn (The Sea-Goat), and 1900 is also the year of Rat (鼠) in the Chinese Zodiac.

In 1924, she graduated from Raleigh's St. Agnes Training School for Nurses.

Achievement of Selma Burke

She is a Delta Sigma Theta sorority honorary member.

Selma Burke's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Her father was an AME Church Zion Minister and she was born into an agricultural family.

Selma Burke Collabed with

Her most famous work was a statue of Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr., which she completed in 1980.

Selma Burke Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Selma Burke updated on March 15 2023.