Town of Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York, US
Died
September 17, 1907(1907-09-17) (aged 63)
London, UK
Nationality
American, Mississauga
Education
New-York Central College, Oberlin
Known for
Sculpture
Movement
Late Neoclassicism
Patron(s)
Numerous patrons, American and European
Mary Edmonia Lewis, also known as "Wildfire" (c. July 4, 1844 – September 17, 1907), was an American sculptor.
Born in Upstate New York of mixed African-American and Native American (Mississauga Ojibwe) heritage, she worked for most of her career in Rome, Italy. She was the first African-American and Native American sculptor to achieve national and then international prominence.[1] She began to gain prominence in the United States during the Civil War; at the end of the 19th century, she remained the only Black woman artist who had participated in and been recognized to any extent by the American artistic mainstream.[2] In 2002, the scholar Molefi Kete Asante named Edmonia Lewis on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.[3]
Her work is known for incorporating themes relating to Black people and indigenous peoples of the Americas into Neoclassical-style sculpture.
^Richardson, Marilyn (2003). "Lewis, (Mary) Edmonia". Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T050781. ISBN 978-1-884446-05-4. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
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^Asante, Molefi Kete (2002). 100 Greatest African Americans: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books II. ISBN 1-57392-963-8.
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