Edmonia Lewis
Known as: Sculptor
Style: Neoclassical Art
Nationality: African-American
Born: 1845
Died: 1911
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Edmonia Lewis 1845 ca 1909 edmonia ggbb org The amazing talent of Edmonia Lewis can only leave one speechless She was born on July 14 1845 in the village of Greenbush in Rensselaer County New York Her |  edmonia in leslies jpg
and cheerful and all unconscious of difficulty because obeying a great impulse she prattles like a child and with much simplicity and spirit pours forth all her aspirations Henry Wreford In her coarse but appropriate attire with her black hair loose and grasping in her tiny hand the chisel with which she does not disdain perhaps with which she is obliged to work and |  Edmonia Lewis Colonel Robert Gould Shaw 1867 jpg jpg
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stabbing himself with a sword He died in Cleopatra s arms Cleopatra s arms would be cold with death soon after when she committed her famous supposed suicide by asp on August 12 30 B C Death of Cleopatra by Edmonia Lewis Commentary |  edmolewis4 big jpg
Free At Last 1867 |  edmolewis1 big jpg
The Death of Cleopatra 1876 |
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Edmonia Lewis Wildfire acrylic on canvas 40 x30 Edmonia Lewis was the first Native America artist to succeed in the international fine art world She was African American |  edmonia
It s a shame most of us have never heard of Edmonia Lewis She used her talent to replicate life through clay In the 1840s she was born in a wigwam to a Chippewah woman and an African |  pn 3002 Image NPG 94 95 T jpg
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