Isaac Scott Hathaway (April 4, 1872 – March 12, 1967) was an African American artist who worked in different genres of art, including ceramics and sculpture.
[1] He was born to the Reverend Robert Elijah Hathaway and his wife Rachel (née Scott),[2] and was the youngest of their children; he was raised by his father after the death of his mother.
Hathaway began formal academic studies at Chandler Junior College in Lexington in 1890, followed by classes in art and dramatics at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.
He is most noted for his busts of famous African Americans, including his personal hero, Frederick Douglass.
He taught at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff before moving to Tuskegee Institute, where he became a founding member of the Department of Ceramics.