# Samella Lewis

> African American artist, art historian, art collector and art critic (1924–2022)

**Wikidata**: [Q7409275](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7409275)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samella_Lewis)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/samella-lewis


## References

1. [Source](https://oralhistory.library.ucla.edu/catalog/21198-zz0008zpm5?counter=7)
2. Directory of Southern Women Artists
3. [Source](https://philamuseum.libguides.com/blog/Samella-Lewis)
4. [Source](https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2022-05-28/samella-lewis-godmother-of-black-art-dies-at-99)
5. Museum of Modern Art online collection
6. American Women Historians, 1700s-1990s: A Biographical Dictionary
7. [Source](https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/samella-lewis-39)
8. Dictionary of Art Historians
9. [Source](https://hammer.ucla.edu/now-dig-this/artists/samella-lewis)
10. [Source](https://www.spelman.edu/docs/honorary-degrees/honorary-degree-recipients---1977-present---as-of-november-2022---revised-(012023).pdf?sfvrsn=f4347e51_2)
11. [Source](https://www.blackartinamerica.com/index.php/2019/03/11/dr-samella-lewis-the-godmother-of-african-american-art/)
12. Notable Black American Women
13. [Union List of Artist Names](http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500451067)
14. St. James Guide to Black Artists
15. International Standard Name Identifier
16. Virtual International Authority File
17. Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
18. CiNii Research
19. [Source](http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/8zk27)
20. SNAC
21. Benezit Dictionary of Artists
22. [Source](https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1635000218/BIC?u=nypl&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=5c0dc608)
23. IdRef
24. archINFORM
25. [Source](https://www.archinform.net/service/wd_aiarch.php)
26. DACS register
27. [Source](http://www.moma.org/collection/works/185793)
28. [Source](https://www.philamuseum.org/collections/results.html?searchTxt=&bSuggest=1&searchNameID=56086)
29. Metropolitan Museum of Art
30. National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File
31. [Source](https://library.nga.gov/permalink/01NGA_INST/1cl1g8d/alma993668893504896)