George Holburn Snowden

George Holburn Snowden NA (December 17, 1901 – December 15, 1990) was an American sculptor. He was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1941,[1] was recipient of the 1927 Rome Prize [2] as well as receiving the Royal Academy Order of Merit. He was an apprentice to Robert George Eberhard, chairman of the Yale School of Sculpture and protégé of Auguste Rodin. Rodin bequeathed his sculpting tools to Eberhard, who in turn passed them to George. George's daughter M.L. Snowden apprenticed under him, and later received Rodin's tools.[3] George's work was featured in a retrospective at the Smithsonian.[4]

Notable works
gollark: > I think I will use politicians -- oh, wait, that's already happening.Politicians are NOT destroying the Earth. That would require directed and focused effort.
gollark: That seems like one of those not-actually-meaningful fake profound things.
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gollark: This is apparently limited to some lowish % of light speed due to energy lost decelerating the hydrogen.
gollark: One idea was also the Bussard ramjet, where you scoop up interstellar hydrogen and run it through a fusion reactor for propulsion.

References
  1. National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts
  2. "Art: Prix de Rome". Time. May 16, 1927.
  3. "M.L. Snowden". Archived from the original on 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2008-02-07.
  4. Masterpiece Publishing
  5. Larry E. Gobrecht (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Bronx County Courthouse". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2011-01-12.


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