I will never look at the Shaw Memorial again without thinking of Edmonia Lewis. Lewis was a sculptor of African-American and Native American heritage whose life story deserves to be dramatized on the stage. (Spoiler: someone has already done so.) Treated poorly—accused of poisoning other students and of theft of art supplies—she was driven out of Oberlin College before she could graduate. Lewis eventually settled in Rome.
Discovering Edmonia Lewis at Saint-Gaudens
Discovering Edmonia Lewis at Saint-Gaudens
Discovering Edmonia Lewis at Saint-Gaudens
I will never look at the Shaw Memorial again without thinking of Edmonia Lewis. Lewis was a sculptor of African-American and Native American heritage whose life story deserves to be dramatized on the stage. (Spoiler: someone has already done so.) Treated poorly—accused of poisoning other students and of theft of art supplies—she was driven out of Oberlin College before she could graduate. Lewis eventually settled in Rome.