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Edmonia Lewis

1844 - 1907

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Mary 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. She was the first African-American and Native American sculptor to achieve national and then international prominence. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edmonia Lewis is the 220th most popular sculptor (down from 213th in 2019), the 7,934th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,890th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Edmonia Lewis ranks 220 out of 258. Before her are Mark Antokolsky, Ara Shiraz, Marisol Escobar, Yervand Kochar, Damophon, and El Anatsui. After her are Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg, Antony Gormley, Stepan Erzia, Anna Golubkina, Franz West, and Léon Delagrange.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Edmonia Lewis ranks 102. Before her are Arthur Gardiner Butler, Leonid Sobolev, Verney Lovett Cameron, Ludwig von Falkenhausen, Duke Alexander of Oldenburg, and Ahmet Mithat. After her are Simon Gregorčič, Juan Idiarte Borda, Edward Carpenter, Mary Katharine Brandegee, Lorenzo Latorre, and Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman. Among people deceased in 1907, Edmonia Lewis ranks 90. Before her are Muriel Robb, Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Dimitar Petkov, George Sheldon, Lena Rice, and Christen Dalsgaard. After her are Nikolai Menshutkin, Agnes Mary Clerke, Guillermo Tell Villegas, Maxwell T. Masters, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, and Mariano Baptista.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edmonia Lewis ranks 7,936 out of 20,380. Before her are Sereno Watson (1826), Wendie Jo Sperber (1958), Oliver Campbell (1871), Armie Hammer (1986), Karl Logan (1965), and Big E (1986). After her are Annette Charles (1948), Omar Epps (1973), Arthur Barnard (1929), Jacqueline Susann (1918), Bill Nieder (1933), and Georgia Coleman (1912).

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Among SCULPTORS In United States

Among sculptors born in United States, Edmonia Lewis ranks 13. Before her are Dennis Oppenheim (1938), Walter De Maria (1935), Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875), Duane Hanson (1925), Jacob Epstein (1880), and Audrey Munson (1891). After her are Daniel Chester French (1850), Beverly Pepper (1922), Chris Burden (1946), Harriet Hosmer (1830), Augusta Savage (1892), and Dale Chihuly (1941).

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