Edmonia Lewis shaped her own identity in clay and marble, ... In 2015, Lewis’s bust of Jesus was discovered in a cupboard in Scotland. It had once belonged to John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, ...

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 ...

Lewis’ bust of Col. Robert Gould Shaw after he was killed leading the all-Black 54 th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was embraced by the public and sales of copies helped pay for her to travel ...

Born Mary Edmonia Lewis, ... Sales of a bust of Robert Gould Shaw, which she created in 1864, funded a one-way ticket to Europe, where she would spend the rest of her life.

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 ...

One of history’s forgotten artists is finally getting her due, as Edmonia Lewis is set to receive a US Postal Stamp in her honor. According to the New York Post, Lewis will receive the honor at ...

This week, the U.S. Postal Service unveiled a Black Heritage “forever” stamp honoring Edmonia Lewis, who got her start in Boston and became the first Black and Native American sculptor to rise to ...

The sculptor Edmonia Lewis (above: by Henry Rocher, c. 1870), ... Copies of the bust sold well enough to finance Lewis’s move to Europe.

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 ...