Edmonia Lewis
African American sculptor (1844-1907) · United States · Artists · Died at 63
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Hiawatha, 1868, by Edmonia Lewis, inspired by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1855 poem The Song of Hiawatha
A marker in East Greenbush, New York, noting the local birth of sculptor Edmonia Lewis
Minnehaha, marble, 1868, collection of the Newark Museum![While in Rome, Lewis adopted the neoclassical style of sculpture, as seen in Bust of Dr. Dio Lewis (1868).[49]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Edmonia_Lewis_-_Bust_of_Dr_Dio_Lewis_-_Walters_27605.jpg/500px-Edmonia_Lewis_-_Bust_of_Dr_Dio_Lewis_-_Walters_27605.jpg)
While in Rome, Lewis adopted the neoclassical style of sculpture, as seen in Bust of Dr. Dio Lewis (1868).[49]
Edmonia Lewis, hands of Gerrit Smith and his wife Ann Carroll Fitzhugh
Lewis's grave in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, London
Edmonia Lewis's grave after restorationAbout this person
Country
United States
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1844 to 1907 · aged 63
Artists from the United States 6
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