Evelyn Raymond

Evelyn Raymond (March 20, 1908 – April 25, 1998) was an American sculptor.

[2] She created work for the Federal Art Project during the Great Depression,[1] and taught from 1939 to 1951 at the Walker Art Center, where she eventually became head of the sculpture department.

[3] At one point during the Depression she taught sculpture for 25 cents an hour.

She also founded the Minnesota Sculpture Society, of which she served for a time as president, during the 1940s.

[4] When in 1958 the Minnesota Statehood Centennial Commission decided to place a sculpture in the National Statuary Hall collection it was Raymond who was chosen to execute the statue;[2] the resulting depiction of Maria Sanford may still be seen in the United States Capitol.