http://www.artfixdaily.com/blogs/rss?id=Finding+Edmonia+Lewis+and+Others The emphasis is on 19th-Century African American artists Edmonia Lewis, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Edward Mitchell Bannister, and Meta Warrick Fuller. en © 2009 Athena Media Group. All rights reserved. 2013-05-22T17:59:42-06:00 http://www.artfixdaily.com/blogs/post/51-sculptors-death-unearthed-edmonia-lewis-died-in-london-in-1907 <p><!--StartFragment--></p> <p>Cultural historian Marilyn Richardson has solved one of the persistent mysteries of American art history: where and when did the sculptor Edmonia Lewis die? The answer is, London, England, on 17 September 1907. According to British records, Lewis, whose full name was Mary Edmonia Lewis, had been living in the Hammersmith area of London and died in the Hammersmith Borough Infirmary. She left a modest financial estate.</p> <p>Beginning with publications from the ... 2011-01-09 14:55:17 -0700 http://www.artfixdaily.com/blogs/post/51-sculptors-death-unearthed-edmonia-lewis-died-in-london-in-1907 http://www.artfixdaily.com/blogs/post/6906-new-edmonia-lewis-discovery <p>Written by Marilyn Richardson.</p> <p>Gabriel's Auctioneers in Norwood, Massachusetts, was surprised that almost as soon as illustrated ads for its November 29, 2010, auction appeared online and in print, the phone started ringing. An unusual number of callers had questions about a particular lot. Among the ad illustrations was a series of pictures of a dramatic piece of sculpture from an Ashland, Massachusetts, estate. The owner had little information about it, other than the possibility ... 2010-12-30 13:08:17 -0700 http://www.artfixdaily.com/blogs/post/6906-new-edmonia-lewis-discovery