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| America Meredith, Edmonia Lewis: Wildfire, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 inches. |
PORTRAIT BY AMERICA MEREDITH
"What [Edmonia Lewis] undertakes to do... she will do, though she has to cut through the heart of a mountain with a pen knife."
-- Abolitionist Linda Mary Child on sculptor Edmonia Lewis
"Her beautiful statue of Hagar is the result of patience, of hope, of a thousand delicate touchings and retouchings. God’s gift to Edmonia Lewis is unconquerable energy, as well as genius; and these two combined enable her to rise above all prejudices of race or color, and command the respect and honor of all true lovers of art."
-- From undated phamplet How Edmonia Lewis Became An Artist
Forthcoming publication: The Indomitable Spirit of Edmonia Lewis. A Narrative Biography by Harry and Albert Henderson. Expected release Fall, 2012. Contains more than 800 notes, 50 illustrations, two maps, bibliography, and list of more than 100 works by Edmonia Lewis. Click here for more info.
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