▁She ph erd , ▁painted ▁pl aster ▁sculpt ure , ▁▁ ▁Water boy , ▁sculpt ure , ▁ 1 9 3 0 ▁▁ ▁Leg acy ▁ ▁A ▁woman ▁of ▁deep ▁religious ▁faith , ▁Full er ▁created ▁at ▁least ▁one ▁piece ▁of ▁religious ▁art ▁ann ually . ▁At ▁various ▁times , ▁she ▁was ▁a ▁literary ▁sculpt or , ▁at ▁others ▁a ▁cre ator ▁of ▁portrait ▁art ▁- ▁which ▁she ▁studied ▁under ▁Charles ▁Graf ly ▁at ▁the ▁Pennsylvania ▁Academy ▁of ▁the ▁Fine ▁Arts . ▁Although ▁she ▁said ▁that ▁she ▁could ▁not ▁special ize ▁in ▁African - American ▁types , ▁Full er ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁effective ▁chron ic lers ▁of ▁the ▁black ▁experience ▁within ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁ ▁Full er ▁is ▁known ▁for ▁sculpt ure ▁that ▁dep ict s ▁cr ises ▁and ▁sad ness ▁of ▁African - American ▁life . ▁These ▁include : ▁Eth iop ia ▁Aw ak ening ▁( 1 9 1 4 ), ▁Mary ▁Turner : ▁A ▁Sil ent ▁Protest ▁Again st ▁M ob ▁Vi ol ence ▁( 1 9 1 9 ), ▁and ▁T alk ing ▁Sk ull ▁( 1 9 3 7 ). ▁Eth iop ia ▁Aw ak ening , ▁drawn ▁from ▁Egypt ian ▁sculpt ural ▁concepts , ▁is ▁an ▁academic ▁sculpt ure ▁of ▁an ▁African ▁woman ▁emer ging ▁from ▁a ▁m ummy ' s ▁wra ppings , ▁like ▁a ▁ch rys alis ▁from ▁a ▁c oc oon , ▁represented ▁her ▁statement ▁on ▁black ▁conscious ness ▁in ▁Africa ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . M ary ▁Turner ▁was ▁her