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Edmonia Lewis

Edmonia Lewis (Ojibway name: Wildfire) was of Native American and African American heritage. Edmonia Lewis spent more than 50 years in Rome as a sculptor, with her popularity at its peak in the 1870s.
  1. Women Sculptors
  2. African American Women
  3. Native American Women

Edmonia Lewis - African American and Native American Sculptor

A profile of Edmonia Lewis, 19th century African American and Native American female sculptor, whose work became popular again in the late 20th century.

Edmonia Lewis Picture Gallery

Pictures of Edmonia Lewis, 19th century African American woman sculptor, and some of her work.

Edmonia Lewis

Story of the sculptress born in the 19th century.

Walter O. Evans Collection of African-American Art

Edmonia Lewis sculpture "Old Indian Arrowmaker and His Daughter" is depicted on this page about a 1999 exhibition at the Columbia Museum of Art.

Mary Edmonia Lewis

An image of Edmonia Lewis sculpture "Marriage of Hiawatha" is part of the museum's African American Art collection.

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