Marian Brackenridge (April 16, 1903, Buffalo, New York – March 17, 1999, Sonoma, California) was an American sculptor known for her portrait busts, bas-reliefs and religious works.
[2] She returned to California in 1924 for further study under Alexander Phimister Proctor,[2] and moved to Santa Barbara in 1925 to work as an assistant to Ettore Cadorin.
[2] Brackenridge assisted Cadorin on the architectural sculpture for the Santa Barbara County Courthouse (1929), including the seated figures of Justice and Ceres, and the Spirit of the Ocean Fountain.
[10] Rather than the traditional armor, her Joan of Arc figure is dressed in peasant clothes, hearing the voice of God for the first time.
[11] Her Robert Hunt figure depicts him in simple robes and holding a chalice, giving communion to the settlers at Jamestown.