Samella lewis biography

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Samella Sanders Lewis (February 27, – May 27, ) was an American visual artist and art historian.

Samella Sanders Lewis (February 27, – May 27, ) was an American visual artist and art historian.

Artist and art historian Samella Lewis is renowned for her contributions to African American art and art history.

Artist and art historian Samella Lewis was renowned for her contributions to African American art and art history.

Samella Lewis was born in , the daughter of farmer Samuel Sanders and seamstress Rachel Taylor Sanders.

Samella Sanders Lewis was an American visual artist and art historian.

Samella S. Lewis is a visual artist and pioneer in the field of art history. Among her many accomplishments are the creation of numerous gallery spaces and later a museum for African American artists, the publication of a series of scholarly books and journals on black art, and the production of a substantial body of artwork that has garnered international acclaim.

Lewis grew up in New Orleans in the s and turned to art as a way to cope with life's harsh realities and with her own unique nature.

As a young artist, she was drawn to subjects as diverse as police brutality against African Americans, comic books, and charac­ters from her older sister's romance novels. She began her academic studies at Dillard University in New Orleans, where she met her eventual mentors Elizabeth Catlett and Charles White.

After two years, she transferred to Hampton Institute (now Hampton Univer­sity) in Virginia, completing her degree in She went on to earn master's and doctorate