Edmonia Lewis
(1844–1907) amerikansk skulptör
Edmonia Lewis (USA, 1844–1907) is listed in the catalogue as a sculptor. By year of birth, Edmonia Lewis belongs to the chapter ‘Impressionism’ in this site’s history of art.
Edmonia Lewis was born in Greenbush and died in Hammersmith. Edmonia Lewis trained at Oberlin College and Oberlin Academy. Edmonia Lewis studied under Edward Augustus Brackett. Edmonia Lewis worked in Rome and Boston.
The best-known works include ‘Hiawatha and Minnehaha’ and ‘The Death of Cleopatra’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 12 works by Edmonia Lewis with free images. The dated works span the years 1866–1876. Works by Edmonia Lewis are held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, and Howard University Gallery of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Syrius Eberle, Peter Johann Theodor Janssen, Albert Neuhuys, Hugo Kauffmann, and Thomas Eakins.