Eugenie Shonnard Archives Open House

As part of the first posthumous major exhibition of the acclaimed sculptor, Eugenie Shonnard: Breaking the Mold, the New Mexico Museum of Art Library and the Fray Angelico Chavez History Library will showcase items from their respective Eugneie Shonnard archival collections at the New Mexico Museum of Art Plaza Building on Thursday May 8.

Born in Yonkers, New York, Eugenie Shonnard (1886-1978) studied with Art Nouveau master Alphonse Mucha at the New York School of Applied Design for Women and later with Auguste Rodin and Antoine Bourdelle in Paris. She first came to New Mexico in 1925 at the invitation of Edgar Lee Hewett, founder of the New Mexico Museum of Art, and was given studio space in the museum. In 1927, she returned to New Mexico from Paris for an exhibition at the Museum of Art featuring the busts she made of Native American models and, on that trip, she made New Mexico her permanent home.

The Eugene Shonnard Collections contain letters, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, reference images for arwork, and sketches.  Join us May 8 to take a closer look at the life and work of this internationally recognized sculptor and longtime resident of Santa Fe!