Edna Manley
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Edna Manley was a pioneering Jamaican sculptor and cultural leader often regarded as the "Mother of Jamaican Art" for her central role in shaping the island’s modern artistic identity.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Louise Bennett-Coverley | 1 |
Statements (100)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
cultural leader
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person ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1980s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1920 ⓘ |
| birthName | Edna Swithenbank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Douglas Manley
NERFINISHED
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Michael Manley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Jamaica ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1900-02-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1987-02-02 ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Jamaican ⓘ |
| familyName | Manley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
art education
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cultural activism ⓘ painting ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
figurative sculpture
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nationalist art ⓘ symbolic sculpture ⓘ |
| givenName | Edna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHonor |
Institute of Jamaica Gold Musgrave Medal
NERFINISHED
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Musgrave Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of Distinction NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart | Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (named in her honor) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Caribbean modern artists
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Jamaican artists ⓘ |
| inspired | Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Caribbean modern art
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Jamaican modernism ⓘ Jamaican nationalist art ⓘ |
| name | Edna Manley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being regarded as the Mother of Jamaican Art
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mentoring young Jamaican artists ⓘ pioneering modern Jamaican sculpture ⓘ shaping Jamaican national artistic identity ⓘ supporting Jamaican independence movement ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Beadseller
NERFINISHED
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Ghetto Mother NERFINISHED ⓘ Market Women NERFINISHED ⓘ Mountain Women NERFINISHED ⓘ Negro Aroused NERFINISHED ⓘ Pocomania NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ancestor NERFINISHED ⓘ The Awakening NERFINISHED ⓘ The Awakening of a People NERFINISHED ⓘ The Banana Carrier NERFINISHED ⓘ The Builder NERFINISHED ⓘ The Children NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dancers NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dream NERFINISHED ⓘ The Emancipator NERFINISHED ⓘ The Family NERFINISHED ⓘ The Fisherman NERFINISHED ⓘ The Freedom Fighter NERFINISHED ⓘ The Harvest NERFINISHED ⓘ The Healer NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hills of St. Andrew NERFINISHED ⓘ The Journey NERFINISHED ⓘ The Listener NERFINISHED ⓘ The Market NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mother and Child NERFINISHED ⓘ The National Hero NERFINISHED ⓘ The New Day NERFINISHED ⓘ The Pioneer NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ploughman NERFINISHED ⓘ The Prophet NERFINISHED ⓘ The Reaper NERFINISHED ⓘ The Road Menders NERFINISHED ⓘ The Seedling NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spirit of Emancipation NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spirit of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spirit of Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spirit of the Child NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spirit of the Farmer NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spirit of the Fisherman NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spirit of the Ghetto NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spirit of the Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spirit of the Land NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spirit of the Market NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spirit of the Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spirit of the People NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spirit of the Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spirit of the Worker NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tree of Life NERFINISHED ⓘ The Vision NERFINISHED ⓘ The Washerwomen NERFINISHED ⓘ The Young Cultivator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
art educator
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painter ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bournemouth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Kingston, Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Kingston, Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Norman Manley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Louise Bennett-Coverley