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 News.

"Edmonia Lewis challenged social barriers and assumptions about artists in mid-19th century America," the USPS said The United States Postal Service is honoring the contributions of late pioneering ...

Today marks the beginning of Black History Month and to kick it off, Google's Doodle honors Mary Edmonia "Wildfire" Lewis, a black Native American sculptor whose works earned her international fame ...

In the late 19th century, a time when the world of fine art sculpture was almost exclusively the domain of white men, sculptor Edmonia Lewis (~1844-1907) — a woman of Black and Ojibwe descent, born in ...

Inside the Smithsonian Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C., stands a sculpture of polished white stone. "The Death Of Cleopatra" shows the Egyptian queen slumped on her throne. That image of an ...

We’ve rounded up resources so you can learn about the life and work of this groundbreaking American sculptor Amy Fox Edmonia Lewis, The Death of Cleopatra, carved 1876, marble, Smithsonian American ...

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 ...

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Lewis is included in the USPS’ long-running “Black Heritage” series, honoring American innovators of color. Edmonia Lewis was a groundbreaking sculptor whose work made a major impression both in ...

The United States Postal Service is honoring the contributions of late pioneering sculptor Edmonia Lewis. On Wednesday, USPS will issue a forever stamp highlighting Lewis' work as a 19th-century ...