Eugenie Shonnard

Eugenie Frederica Shonnard (1886–1978) was an American sculptor and painter born in Yonkers, New York.

[5] Among her notable early sculptures are busts of Alphonse Mucha and Dinah, the Bronx Zoo's first gorilla.

She traveled to the Pueblos and learned how they make pottery with Maximiliana, the sister of famous San Ildefonso potter, Maria Martinez.

[10] In May 1954 she was awarded an honorary fellowship in fine arts by the School of American Research and Museum of New Mexico.

In 1939 she created wood panels—Indians and Cattle—for the U.S. Court House and Post Office in Waco, Texas, through the Section of Painting and Sculpture.