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Bookmark or Share- Edmonia Lewis - National Women's History MuseumEdmonia “Wildfire” Lewis is considered the first professional BIPOC sculptor in the United States and the first to achieve international acclaim.
- Edmonia Lewis - Smithsonian American Art MuseumEdmonia Lewis was the first sculptor of African American and Native American (Mississauga) descent to achieve international recognition. Her father was Black, and her mother was Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indian.
- Edmonia Lewis - WikipediaMary Edmonia Lewis, also known as "Wildfire" (c. July 4, 1844 – September 17, 1907), was an American sculptor. Born in Upstate New York of mixed African-American and Native American (Mississauga Ojibwe) heritage, she worked for most of her career in Rome, Italy.
- Life Story: Edmonia Lewis - Women & the American StoryLife Story: Edmonia Lewis (1844–1907) Sculptor and Activist The story of a Black and Indigenous sculptor who built a successful career through activist art.
- Edmonia Lewis | African-Native American Sculptor | BritannicaEdmonia Lewis (born c. July 4, 1844, Greenbush, N.Y., U.S.—died Sept. 17, 1907, London, Eng.) was an American sculptor whose Neoclassical works exploring religious and classical themes won contemporary praise and received renewed interest in the late 20th century.
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