Edmonia Lewis
African American sculptor (1844–1907)
Facts
28 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- July 4, 1844, July 4, 1845[9]
- Date of death
- September 17, 1907
- Place of birth
- Rensselaer County, Greenbush[7]
- Place of death
- London, Hammersmith[8]
- Country of citizenship
- United States[11]
- Ethnic group
- African Americans, Ojibwe[12][13]
- Field of work
- art of sculpture[14]
- Educated at
- Oberlin College, Oberlin Academy[15][16]
- Notable work
- Hiawatha and Minnehaha, The Death of Cleopatra[17][18]
- Official website
- www.edmonialewis.com[27]
- Student of
- Edward Augustus Brackett[30]
- Artist files at
- Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, Frick Art Research Library, National Gallery of Art Library
- Birth name
- Mary Edmonia "Wildfire" Lewis[42]
- Copyright status as a creator
- copyrights on works have expired
- 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[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]
- Has works in the collection
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Howard University Gallery of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum
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- On focus list of Wikimedia project
- Art+Feminism, WikiProject African diaspora, Exciting women in history on Wikipedia, WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library, Met x Wikipedia Virtual Edit Meet-up: Women's History Month, WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot — Smithsonian Libraries — Artists Files, Fifty Women Sculptors Wiki Meetup, gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia, Boston Black Women Lead[43]
- Place of burial
- St Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green[10]
- Pseudonym
- Wildfire[26]
- Residence
- United States, Italy[21][22]
🏷️ Also known as
en Mary Lewis
en Wildfire Lewis
en Wildfire
en Edmonia Lewis
ar إدمونيا لويس
cs Edmonia Lewisová
el Εντμόνια Λιούις
es Wildfire
es Wildfire Lewis
fa ادمونیا لوئیس
he אדמוניה לואיס
ja エドモニア・ルイス
ja メアリー・エドモニア・ルイス
ja メアリー・ルイス
ja ワイルドファイア
ja ワイルドファイア・ルイス
ko 에드모니아 루이스
ru Льюис, Эдмония
ru Эдмония Льюис
uk Едмонія Льюїс
🔖 Identifiers · 44
- ISNI
- 0000000140397012
- VIAF cluster ID
- 187447029
- Library of Congress Authorities ID
- no96049212
- GND ID
- 124062253
- AWARE ID
- mary-edmonia-wildfire-lewis
- African American Visual Artists Database ID
- 380
- American National Biography ID
- 1701145
- Art UK artist ID
- lewis-edmonia-c-18441907
- Artcyclopedia artist ID
- lewis_edmonia
- Artists of the World ID
- 00089255
- Artnet artist ID
- edmonia-lewis
- Artsy artist ID
- edmonia-lewis
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- Benezit ID
- B00109020
- BlackPast.org ID
- african-american-history/lewis-edmonia-1845
- CLARA-ID
- 5104
- Christie's creator ID
- 65089
- Collective Biographies of Women ID
- 20756
- Described at URL
- www.solisprints.co.uk
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
- biography/Edmonia-Lewis
- Europeana entity
- agent/base/70920
- FAST ID
- 381059
- FemBio ID
- 17498
- Freebase ID
- /m/056jc1
- Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
- 991002803429707141
- Google Arts & Culture entity ID
- m056jc1
- Google Doodle
- celebrating-edmonia-lewis
- Grove Art Online ID
- T050781
- HAND ID
- 421A-7945-3A32-1D09-AC40
- IdRef ID
- 145781844
- Invaluable.com person ID
- arxykx0k8x
- J9U entity ID
- 987007461047105171
- Met Constituent ID
- 184422
- Musée d'Orsay artist or personality ID
- 16964
- MutualArt artist ID
- 6B8BBB7281182A2C
- NUKAT ID
- n2015083489
- RKDartists ID
- 123202
- SNAC ARK ID
- w6pp9vrj
- Saint Louis Art Museum person ID
- 4039
- Smithsonian American Art Museum person/institution ID
- 2914
- Union List of Artist Names ID
- 500128440
- WikiArt ID
- edmonia-lewis
- WikiTree person ID
- Lewis-23112
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PBJqQypC6cjYhKdQgjxqPcP
- Yale LUX ID
- person/a9f21b97-59f0-4e70-8753-38ea7f554799
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Ethnic group 2
Place of death 2
Residence 2
Country of citizenship 1
Educated at 1
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Languages spoken, written or signed 1
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
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Summary
Edmonia Lewis was born on July 4, 1844[1], in Rensselaer County[2]. She died on September 17, 1907[3], in London[4]. She worked as a sculptor[5] and artist[6].
FAQs
Where was Edmonia Lewis born?
Edmonia Lewis's place of birth was Rensselaer County[2].
Where did Edmonia Lewis die?
Edmonia Lewis passed away in London[4].
What did Edmonia Lewis do for work?
Edmonia Lewis worked as a sculptor[5] and artist[6].
Where did Edmonia Lewis go to school?
Edmonia Lewis was educated at Oberlin College[15] and Oberlin Academy[16].