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| Keywords: Edmonia Lewis - Bust of Dr Dio Lewis - Walters 27605.jpg Edmonia Lewis the first African-American sculptor to receive national recognition was born in the village of Greenbush near Albany New York Her father was Haitian and her mother was partly Native American of the Chippewa tribe and partly African American Lewis attended Oberlin College in Ohio and in 1863 moved to Boston where she received instruction from the sculptor Edward Brackett Two years later she left the United States for Rome She adopted the prevailing neoclassical style of sculpture as seen in this nude bust but softened it with a degree of naturalism as reflected in the rendering of the facial features Most sculptors relied on the local craftsmen actually to carve their works but Lewis sensitive to speculation that she was not responsible for her sculptures carved them personally She had a successful career specializing in biblical subjects themes recalling her Native American and African ancestry and portrait busts Her sculpture The Death of Cleopatra was favorably received when it was shown at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876 Dioclesian Lewis 1823-1886 trained in medicine at Harvard College's medical department and practiced briefly in Buffalo New York He is remembered chiefly for lectures and publications dealing with preventive medicine and physical hygiene as well as for his support of liberal causes including the women's temperance movement In 1865 he opened in Lexington Massachusetts the Training School for Teachers of the New Gymnastics His faculty members included Theodore Dwight Weld the noted abolitionist and Catherine Beecher sister of Harriet Beecher Stowe author of the novel that stirred abolitionist fervor Uncle Tom's Cabin 1852 1868 marble cm 57 15 accession number 27 605 6301 A A Child's and Co Boston January 1868 New York City February 1868 Steven L Jones Philadelphia 2002 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum 2002 by purchase Museum purchase with funds provided by the Eddie and Sylvia Brown Challenge Grant and matching funds 2002 Signature Edmonia Lewis fecit a Roma 1868 place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license Edmonia Lewis Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Sculptures in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
