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Edmonia Lewis

1844 - 1907

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Mary Edmonia Lewis, also known as "Wildfire" (c. July 4, 1844 – September 17, 1907), was an American sculptor. Born in Upstate New York of mixed African-American and Native American (Mississauga Ojibwe) heritage, she worked for most of her career in Rome, Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmonia Lewis has received more than 1,673,363 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Edmonia Lewis is the 207th most popular sculptor (down from 179th in 2019), the 8,808th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,535th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Sculptor.

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  • 23

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  • 1.68

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  • 4.14

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Edmonia Lewis ranks 207 out of 189. Before her are Martin Kippenberger, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Marisol Escobar, Audrey Munson, Daniel Chester French, and Rosemarie Trockel. After her are Francis Leggatt Chantrey, Mikhail Anikushin, Dale Chihuly, Cícero Moraes, Ronald Pope, and Augusta Savage.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Edmonia Lewis ranks 102. Before her are Marie Hankel, Jules de Burlet, Mary Katharine Brandegee, Lorenzo Latorre, Juan Idiarte Borda, and Arthur Gardiner Butler. After her are Amalie Materna, Adolphus Greely, Sarah Winnemucca, Charlotte Despard, and Robert Bridges. Among people deceased in 1907, Edmonia Lewis ranks 83. Before her are Agnes Mary Clerke, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Nikolai Menshutkin, Dimitar Petkov, Muriel Robb, and Charles W. Alcock. After her are Garrett Serviss, Maxwell T. Masters, Frederic Moore, Sophus Bugge, and Russell A. Alger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edmonia Lewis ranks 8,808 out of 18,182. Before her are Martin Mull (1943), Artis Gilmore (1949), Adam Savage (1967), Barbara Askins (1939), Ira Murchison (1933), and Rex Brown (1964). After her are Suzy Parker (1932), Michael Blake (1945), Jerry Wexler (1917), Sammy Lee (1920), Tina Knowles (1954), and Garrett Morris (1937).

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Among SCULPTORS In United States

Among sculptors born in United States, Edmonia Lewis ranks 14. Before her are Anna Coleman Ladd (1878), Duane Hanson (1925), Jacob Epstein (1880), Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875), Audrey Munson (1891), and Daniel Chester French (1850). After her are Dale Chihuly (1941), Augusta Savage (1892), and Harriet Hosmer (1830).

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