Edmonia Lewis, The Death of Cleopatra, carved 1876, marble, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Historical Society of Forest Park, Illinois, 1994.17 Perhaps one of the most striking ...

"Edmonia Lewis challenged social barriers and assumptions about artists in mid-19th century America," the USPS said. By Natasha Dado. Published on January 24, 2022 03:39PM EST. Photo: USPS.

The US Postal Service will issue a forever stamp Wednesday honoring Edmonia Lewis, the Black Native artist whose 19th century marble sculptures gained her international acclaim and are now held by ...

Edmonia Lewis was a groundbreaking sculptor whose work made a major impression both in America and overseas. Now, she is being immortalized on a United States postage stamp, as reported by Art ...

Edmonia Lewis, Prominent Black and Ojibwe Sculptor, Gets Her Own USPS Stamp The stamp will debut on January 26 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. by Hakim Bishara January 4, 2022 January 7, 2022 ...

Born in 1844 in upstate New York, Edmonia Lewis went on to become an influential sculptor in Rome, employing up to 12 assistants at her studio. This month, she is getting her own postage stamp. NY ...

The Edmonia Lewis stamp is the 45 th in the Black Heritage series. The stamp art is a casein-paint portrait based on a photograph of Lewis by Augustus Marshall made in Boston between 1864 and 1871.

"I saw major works by Romare Bearden, Wifredo Lam, Edmonia Lewis, William H. Johnson, and others stacked cheek to jowl," without benefit of a climate-controlled environment or proper storage.

Edmonia Lewis thought she had found her place. It was the 1860s in Ohio, and she had enrolled in Oberlin College, an institution with a reputation for progressive thinking that welcomed women and ...

Edmonia Lewis. 05/22/2018 | 1m 7s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Learn about internationally recognized sculptor & Rensselaer County native, Edmonia Lewis. Aired 05/22/2018 | Rating NR ...