Edmonia Lewis
American sculptor
Mary Edmonia Lewis, also known as "Wildfire", was an American sculptor.
Born in Upstate New York of mixed African-American and Native American heritage, she worked for most of her career in Rome, Italy. Wikipedia
Born: July 4, 1844, Rensselaer County, NY
Died: September 17, 1907 (age 63 years), Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom
Known for: Sculpture
Period: Neoclassicism
Siblings: Samuel Lewis
Education: New-York Central College, Oberlin
Patron(s): Numerous patrons, American and European
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Edmonia Lewis | Forever Free - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Lewis, a sculptor of African American and Ojibwe heritage, completed Forever Free in Rome in 1867, two years after emancipation in the United States and a ...
Jan 31, 2024 · With great intelligence and tenacity, the artist created a space for herself within the competitive world of 19th-century neoclassical sculpture ...