Sculpting artist Edmonia Lewis

Edmonia Lewis

Living place: New York City

Birthday: 4-7-1844

Global rank: #62628

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Who is Sculpting artist Edmonia Lewis?
New York-born artist whose career as a sculptor brought her to Rome, Italy. Her famous sculptures include The Death of Cleopatra (more than 3,000 pounds and made of marble) and Forever Free (a celebration of late slavery).
Her Native American ancestry inspired an 1866 sculpture titled Old Arrow-Maker and His Daughter.
 
 

Young / Before famous

After graduating from Oberlin College in Ohio, she moved to Boston, Massachusetts to begin her career as a sculptor.

Family life info

She was born in New York City to a family of Haitian, African, African-American, and Mississauga Ojibwe heritage.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Sculpting artist Edmonia Lewis?
She created an 1868 sculpture based on the characters of Minnehaha Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 's The Song of Hiawatha.

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When was Sculpting artist Edmonia Lewis born?
Edmonia Lewis was born in 4-7-1844, death year is , at the age of 180.
Where is Sculpting artist Edmonia Lewis's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Edmonia Lewis was born in New York City, New York- United States. is a Sculpting artist, whose Zodiac is Cancer, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dragon. Edmonia Lewis's global rank is 62628 and whose rank is 84 in list of famous Sculpting artist.
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Events in 1844 and 4-7

Birthday Edmonia Lewis (4-7) in history

  • Day 4-7 year 1776: The United States declares independence. Officially free from British domination. 
  • Day 4-7 year 1826: Former presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died.
  • Day 4-7 year 1831: Former president James Monroe died.
  • Day 4-7 year 1845: Writer Henry David Thoreau moved into his shack on Walden Pond.
  • Day 4-7 year 1862: Lewis Carroll first told the story of Alice's Adventures Underground to the Liddell sisters.
  • Day 4-7 year 1884: The Statue of Liberty was presented to the United States in Paris.
  • Day 4-7 year 1895: Katharine Lee Bates published America the Beautiful.
  • Day 4-7 year 1939: Lou Gehrig, stricken with ALS, made his farewell at Yankee Stadium.
  • Day 4-7 year 1976: The United States celebrated its bicentennial.
  • Day 4-7 year 1997: The U.S. Pathfinder probe landed on Mars.
  • Day 4-7 year 2012: The European Organization for Nuclear Research, also known as CERN, announced the discovery of a new particle with properties consistent with the Higgs boson.
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