by Elaine Luther | Jul 27, 2021 | Artists
This article is for parents, other adults, or advanced kid readers. (If you’re new here, you may not know that many of our posts are written for kids!) Edmonia “Lewis’s best-known work in her lifetime was the Death of Cleopatra, a twelve-foot tall sculpture...
by Elaine Luther | Apr 16, 2019 | Artists
Mary Edmonia Lewis was a sculptor in America at a time when it was difficult for any woman to be a sculptor, and significantly more difficult for a black woman to do so. Author Kirsten Pai Buick, author of the book Child of the Fire, about Edmonia Lewis, says that...
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