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Mary Edmonia Lewis, The Artists
Portrait of Mary Edmonia Lewis

Mary Edmonia Lewis was a U.S. Woman Artist, Artist of the African Diaspora and Sculptor born on July 4, 1844. Edmonia Lewis contributed to the Neoclassical movement and died on September 17, 1907.

Columbus, Mary Edmonia Lewis

Columbus 1865 – 1867

Forever Free, Mary Edmonia Lewis

Forever Free 1867

Bust of Dr. Dio Lewis, Mary Edmonia Lewis

Bust of Dr. Dio Lewis 1868

Hiawatha's Marriage, Mary Edmonia Lewis

Hiawatha's Marriage 1871

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, The ArtistsPortrait of William-Adolphe Bouguereau

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Creating beauty by the rules

1825 – 1905
Alexandre Cabanel, The ArtistsPortrait of Alexandre Cabanel

Alexandre Cabanel

Creativity vs the Académie

1823 – 1889
Théodore Géricault, The ArtistsPortrait of Théodore Géricault

Théodore Géricault

Bigger is better

1798 – 1863
18012000

Osman Hamdi Bey

Emma Sandys

Mary Edmonia Lewis

Sarah Bernhardt

Thomas Eakins

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