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(1923-2022) Artist, historian. Samella Lewis was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and died in Torrance, California.

Full Name

Samella Lewis

Locations

Clinton

Author's Timeline

1923

BIRTH

Samella Lewis was born Samella Sanders in New Orleans, Louisiana, on February 27, 1923.

1958

OTHER

Ms. Lewis began teaching at the State University of New York in Plattsburgh in 1958.

1969

LITWORK

Black Artists on Art
Hancraft Studios
0941248054 / 978-0941248051
Nonfiction written with Ruth Waddy.

1971

LITWORK

Black Artists on Art, Vol. 2
Contemporary Crafts
0941248003 / 978-0941248006
Nonfiction written with Ruth Waddy.

1978

LITWORK

Art: African American
Harcourt College Pub
0155034103 / 978-0155034105
Nonfiction.

1990

LITWORK

African American Art and Artists
University of California Press


0520085329 / 978-0520085329
Nonfiction.

1995

LITWORK

Caribbean Visions: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture
Art Services Intl
0883971186 / 978-0883971185
Nonfiction.

2000

LITWORK

The Art of Elizabeth Catlett
Snowfire Pub Llc
0615115748 / 978-0615115740
Nonfiction.

2009

LITWORK

Barthe: His Life in Art
Unity Works
0692002014 / 978-0692002018
Nonfiction.

2022

DEATH

Samella Lewis died in Torrance, California, on May 27, 2022.

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