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September 17, 1907 (63 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Cancer
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Edmonia Lewis
Mary Edmonia Lewis, "Wildfire", is an American, African-American and Native American-hybrid sculptor. Born freelance in upstate New York, she worked most of her career in Rome, Italy. She was the first African-American sculptor to gain a reputation domestically and later internationally. It became famous in the United States during the Civil War; By the end of the 19th century, she was still the only black female artist to be involved and to some extent recognized by the American art line. In 2002, the scholar Molefi Kete Asante named Edmonia Lewis on his list of the 100 Greatest African Americans. His work is known for incorporating themes related to blacks and indigenous peoples of the Americas into neoclassical sculptures.
Native name"Wildfire"
BornMary Edmonia Lewis, July 4, 1844, Town of Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York, US
DiedSeptember 17, 1907, London, UK
NationalityAmerican
EducationNew-York Central College, Oberlin
Known forSculpture
MovementLate Neoclassicism

About Edmonia Lewis

Sculptor Edmonia Lewis was born on July 4, 1844 in New York City, New York, United States (She dies at the age of 63, on September 17, 1907).

New York-born sculptor whose work has taken her to Rome, Italy. The Death of Cleopatra (almost 3,000 pounds and constructed of marble) and Forever Free are two of her most famous sculptures (a celebration of the end of slavery).

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Edmonia Lewis before becoming famous

Edmonia Lewis was born in the Zodiac sign Cancer (The Crab), and 1844 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Dragon (龍).

She traveled to Boston, Massachusetts after graduating from Oberlin College in Ohio to pursue a career as a sculptor.

Achievement of Edmonia Lewis

Old Arrow-Maker and His Daughter, a sculpture created in 1866, was inspired by her Native American origins.

Edmonia Lewis's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

She was born in New York City to a mixed-race family with Haitian, African, African-American, and Mississauga Ojibwe ancestors.

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She modeled an 1868 sculpture on Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's character Minnehaha from The Song of Hiawatha.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882) (Poet)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)

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Edmonia Lewis Income & Net worth

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