Mary Edmonia Lewis, also known as "Wildfire" (c. 1844 – 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. She was the first African-American and Native American sculptor to achieve national and then international prominence. She began to gain prominence in the United States during the Civil War; at the end of the 19th century, she remained the only Black woman artist who had participated in and been recognized to any extent by the American artistic mainstream.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonia_Lewis
perishthethought
piefed.social
perishthethought@piefed.social