The Old Arrow Maker
The Old Arrow Maker
Artist
Edmonia Lewis
(1844 - 1907)
Datemodeled 1866, carved ca. 1872
MediumMarble
Dimensions20 x 14 x 14 in. (50.8 x 35.6 x 35.6 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2008.15
Accession number
2008.15
DescriptionOn View
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Label TextEdmonia Lewis created sculptures exploring racial themes in a style based on classical Greek and Roman ideals. The daughter of a Chippewa (Ojibwa) mother and an African American father, she was educated at Oberlin College, the first college in the United States open to African Americans, Native Americans, and women. Lewis eventually worked in Rome where she was warmly welcomed into a circle of American sculptors. Movement to Europe afforded Lewis opportunities that were not available to African Americans, Native Americans, and women in America.
Edmonia Lewis creaba esculturas con las que exploraba temas raciales, en un estilo basado en los ideales griegos y romanos. Nacida de madre chippewa (ojibwa) y padre afroamericano, estudió en Oberlin College, la primera universidad en los Estados Unidos que abrió sus puertas a afroamericanos, nativos americanos y mujeres. Su traslado, eventual, a Europa le brindó a Lewis oportunidades que no estaban disponibles para los afroamericanos, los nativos americanos y las mujeres en Estados Unidos.
