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Edmonia Lewis
African American sculptor (1844–1907)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 4 July 1844, 4 July 1845
- Died
- 17 September 1907
- Place of birth
- Rensselaer County, Greenbush
- Place of death
- London, Hammersmith
- Sex or gender
- female
- Family name
- Lewis
- Genre
- portrait
- Field of work
- art of sculpture
- Citizenship
- United States
- artist files at
- Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, Frick Art Research Library, National Gallery of Art Library
- birth name
- Mary Edmonia Lewis
- described by source
- Broad Strokes, Women of Distinction: Remarkable in Works and Invincible in Character, Notable Black American Women, National Gallery of Art Library Vertical Files, St. James Guide to Black Artists, American Women Sculptors: a history of women working in three dimensions, Women in the fine arts, from the seventh century B.C. to the twentieth century A.D., Concise Dictionary of Women Artists, American Women Artists, Past and Present: A Selected Bibliographic Guide, The Encyclopedia Americana
- educated at
- Oberlin College, Oberlin Academy
- ethnic group
- African Americans, Ojibwe
- has works in the collection
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Howard University Gallery of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- notable work
- Hiawatha and Minnehaha, The Death of Cleopatra
- place of burial
- St Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green
- pseudonym
- Wildfire
- residence
- United States, Italy
- student of
- Edward Augustus Brackett
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