We just learned about the Forever Free - Edmonia Lewis.
Another famous American sculpture is Angel of the Waters by Emma Stebbins in 1873.
Emma was born in New York in 1815, where her parents helped get her into schools that would teach her to be an artist
When she was 41 years old, she moved to Italy to learn from famous sculptors.
She was the first woman who was paid to do art for New York City, when she made the Angel of the Waters statue, sometimes also called Bethesda Fountain.
This statue is in New York's famous Central Park, and has a big fountain around it, and a big area for people to walk around.
It is an 8 foot tall bronze satue of an angel that is touching the top of the fountain where water is spouting up and around.
There are four small cherubs called Temperance, Purity, Health, and Peace.
This fountain is supposed to be about the story where Jesus healed a man who could not walk who was sitting by a fountain of healing.
(from: wikipedia - bethesda fountain)
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