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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Edna Manley canonical 6
Louise Bennett-Coverley 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (100)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural leader ⓘ
person ⓘ
sculptor ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1980s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920 ⓘ
birthName Edna Swithenbank ⓘ
child Douglas Manley ⓘ
Michael Manley ⓘ
countryOfBirth United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Jamaica ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1900-02-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1987-02-02 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Jamaican ⓘ
familyName Manley ⓘ
fieldOfWork art education ⓘ
cultural activism ⓘ
painting ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
genre figurative sculpture ⓘ
nationalist art ⓘ
symbolic sculpture ⓘ
givenName Edna ⓘ
hasHonor Institute of Jamaica Gold Musgrave Medal ⓘ
Musgrave Medal ⓘ
Order of Distinction ⓘ
Order of Jamaica ⓘ
hasPart Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (named in her honor) ⓘ
influenced Caribbean modern artists ⓘ
Jamaican artists ⓘ
inspired Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Caribbean modern art ⓘ
Jamaican modernism ⓘ
Jamaican nationalist art ⓘ
name Edna Manley ⓘ
notableFor being regarded as the Mother of Jamaican Art ⓘ
mentoring young Jamaican artists ⓘ
pioneering modern Jamaican sculpture ⓘ
shaping Jamaican national artistic identity ⓘ
supporting Jamaican independence movement ⓘ
notableWork Beadseller ⓘ
Ghetto Mother ⓘ
Market Women ⓘ
Mountain Women ⓘ
Negro Aroused ⓘ
Pocomania ⓘ
The Ancestor ⓘ
The Awakening ⓘ
The Awakening of a People ⓘ
The Banana Carrier ⓘ
The Builder ⓘ
The Children ⓘ
The Dancers ⓘ
The Dream ⓘ
The Emancipator ⓘ
The Family ⓘ
The Fisherman ⓘ
The Freedom Fighter ⓘ
The Harvest ⓘ
The Healer ⓘ
The Hills of St. Andrew ⓘ
The Journey ⓘ
The Listener ⓘ
The Market ⓘ
The Mother and Child ⓘ
The National Hero ⓘ
The New Day ⓘ
The Pioneer ⓘ
The Ploughman ⓘ
The Prophet ⓘ
linked to: The Prophet (book)

The Reaper ⓘ
The Road Menders ⓘ
The Seedling ⓘ
The Spirit of Emancipation ⓘ
The Spirit of Independence ⓘ
The Spirit of Jamaica ⓘ
The Spirit of the Child ⓘ
The Spirit of the Farmer ⓘ
The Spirit of the Fisherman ⓘ
linked to: The Fisherman

The Spirit of the Ghetto ⓘ
The Spirit of the Hills ⓘ
The Spirit of the Land ⓘ
The Spirit of the Market ⓘ
The Spirit of the Nation ⓘ
The Spirit of the People ⓘ
The Spirit of the Woman ⓘ
The Spirit of the Worker ⓘ
The Tree of Life ⓘ
The Vision ⓘ
The Washerwomen ⓘ
The Young Cultivator ⓘ
occupation art educator ⓘ
painter ⓘ
sculptor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bournemouth ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kingston, Jamaica ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Kingston, Jamaica ⓘ
spouse Norman Manley ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Académie Colarossi → notableStudent → Edna Manley ⓘ
Order of Jamaica → hasNotableRecipient → Louise Bennett-Coverley ⓘ
linked to: Edna Manley
Norman Manley → spouse → Edna Manley ⓘ
Michael Manley → mother → Edna Manley ⓘ
Edna Manley → name → Edna Manley ⓘ
Negro Aroused → creator → Edna Manley ⓘ
subject linked to: Negro Aroused by Edna Manley
Negro Aroused → notableWorkOf → Edna Manley ⓘ
subject linked to: Negro Aroused by Edna Manley