Shonnard began her art studies at the New York School of Applied Design for

Women with Alphonse Mucha[1] and at the Art Students League with James Earle Fraser.[2] In
1911 she moved to Paris where she studied with sculptors Antoine Bourdelle and Auguste
Rodin.[3] There she exhibited at the Paris Salons of 1912, 1913 and 1922.[4] Shonnard also
exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1916, the Museum of Modern Art in 1933
and the 1939 New York World's Fair.[5]
In 1926, Edgar L. Hewett, director of the School of American Research invited her to settle
in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she was given studio space at the Museum of New
Mexico.[6] While in New Mexico she became well respected for her carvings of Pueblos.
Her Pueblo Indian with Bowl sculpture was unanimously chosen to represent New Mexico in the
1938 exhibition of sculpture at the Architectural League in New York.[7] She had solo exhibitions
at the New Mexico Museum of Art in 1928, 1937 and 1954 and at the Roswell Museum and Art
Center in 1969.[8] In May 1954 she was awarded an honorary fellowship in fine arts by the School
of American Research and Museum of New Mexico.
Shonnard was an early proponent of the "direct carving" style of creating sculpture.
Shonnard was a member of the National Association of Women Artists and the National
Sculpture Society and exhibited at their 1923[4] and 1929[9] exhibitions. In 1939 she created wood
panelsIndians and Cattlefor the U.S. Court House and Post Office in Waco, Texas, through
the Section of Painting and Sculpture.[10][11]

Personal life[edit]
Shonnard was the daughter of Civil War Major Frederic Shonnard of the 6th New York Heavy
Artillery Regiment,[12] and Eugenie Smyth Shonnard, a descendant of Declaration of
Independence signatory Francis Lewis. On July 26, 1933 she married E. Gordon Ludlam.[13]

Collections[edit]
Works by Shonnard can be found in:[14]

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary, Chapel, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Sacred Heart of Mary Chapel, Santa Fe, New Mexico
New Mexico Veterans Center, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas
Muse National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris, France
Luxembourg Museum, Paris, France

References[edit]
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