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Donald Henry Floyd
Emerson Lewis: A Visionary of the Unreal Born in Hutchinson, Kansas, on February 28, 1892, Emerson Lewis’s life was one defined by a profound and largely solitary artistic journey. From his early years marked by a childhood shaped by the death of his mother and subsequent placement in an asylum, he developed a unique perspective—one that would profoundly influence his distinctive style and subject matter. Lewis's formative years were
spent studying art under his father, Edward Henry Lewis, a respected artist known as Edel, initially honing skills in stained-glass work before transitioning to painting. This early exposure to diverse artistic mediums laid the groundwork for his later explorations of printmaking and illustration. Lewis’s formal training included studies at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, followed by a brief stint at the University of C…