Edmonia Lewis‘s source of wealth comes from being a sculptor. How much money is Edmonia Lewis worth at the age of 179 and what’s her real net worth now?
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Edmonia Lewis (born July 4, 1844) is famous for being sculptor. She currently resides in New York City. New York-born artist whose career as a sculptor took 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 the end of slavery).
Source of Money |
Sculptor |
Real Name |
Mary Edmonia Lewis |
Place Of Birth |
New York City |
Date of Birth |
July 4, 1844 (age 179) |
Ethnicity |
Multiracial |
Nationality |
American |
Religion |
Roman Catholic |
Edmonia Lewis is a Cancer and was born in The Year of the Dragon
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Edmonia Lewis was born in New York City on Thursday, July 4, 1844 (G.I. Generation generation). She is 179 years old and is a Cancer. Mary Edmonia Lewis (ca. July 4, 1844 – September 17, 1907) an American sculptor who worked for most of her career in Rome. She is the first woman of African-American and Native American heritage to achieve international fame and recognition as a sculptor in the fine arts world. Her work is known for incorporating themes relating to black and American Indian people into Neoclassical style sculpture. By the end of the 19th century, she was the only black woman who had participated in and been recognized to any degree by the American artistic mainstream. She emerged during the crisis-filled days of the Civil War. In 2002, the scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Edmonia Lewis on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans. Her Native American ancestry inspired an 1866 sculpture entitled Old Arrow-Maker and His Daughter.
After graduating from Oberlin College in Ohio, she moved to Boston, Massachusetts to begin her career as a sculptor. Mary Edmonia Lewis attended Oberlin Preparatory College, OH. Edmonia Lewis is a member of Richest Celebrities and Sculptors.
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She created an 1868 sculpture based on the character of Minnehaha in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ‘s The Song of Hiawatha.
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