# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nancy-elizabeth-prophet
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:35:00.718Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nancy-elizabeth-prophet"
name: "Nancy Elizabeth Prophet"
slug: "nancy-elizabeth-prophet"
description: "Nancy Elizabeth Prophet was an American artist of African-American and Native American ancestry, known for her sculpture. She was the first African-American graduate from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1918 and later studied at L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris during the early 1920s. She became noted for her work in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s. In 1934, Prophet began teaching at Spelman College, expanding the curriculum to include modeling and history of art and architecture. Prophet died in 1960 at the age of 70."
tagline: "American sculptor (1890–1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elizabeth_Prophet%2C_sculptress_and_teacher_-_NARA_-_559226.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1890-03-19"
deathDate: "1960-12-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.52
  momentum:             9.729729729729732
  historical:           6.140317333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%82%2C_%D0%9D%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8_%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%82"
    title: "Профет, Нэнси Элизабет"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "نانسى اليزابيث پروفيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Elizabeth_Prophet"
    title: "Nancy Elizabeth Prophet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Elizabeth_Prophet"
    title: "Nancy Elizabeth Prophet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Elizabeth_Prophet"
    title: "Nancy Elizabeth Prophet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Elizabeth_Prophet"
    title: "Nancy Elizabeth Prophet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Elizabeth_Onye_Am%E1%BB%A5ma"
    title: "Nancy Elizabeth Onye Amụma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3335569"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump