Mary Louise Snowden (born March 15, 1952), known professionally as M.L. Snowden, is an American sculptor.
Mary Louise Snowden (born March 15, 1952), known professionally as M.L. Snowden, is an American sculptor.
M.L. Snowden was born in Hollywood, California, at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, to sculptor George Holburn Snowden [1] and Louise Adel Snowden (née Weider), professionally known as the stage and film actress Louise Illington. [2] Her mother also pursued advanced work as a doctor of biochemistry, developing natural skincare and consumer products. [3] M.L. Snowden had one brother, George, who was a financial investor, advisor, and humanitarian philanthropist.
Snowden was raised and trained in the sculpture studios of her father, [4] whose national landmark sculpture commissions fueled her early aspiration to become a professional sculptor. [5] [6] [7] She took her first sculpture lessons from her father as he was sculpting the main altar and exterior statuary for the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. [8] After becoming one of the first women to enroll at Loyola Marymount University in 1970, she studied with Macdonald-Wright's protégé Pauline Khuri-Majoli and was awarded a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in painting and sculpture in 1974. [9] [10] [8]
Snowden sculpted several works for the $200 million Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels that opened in Los Angeles's downtown Civic Center in 2002. She sculpted four 30-inch angels that wrap around the base of the Rosso Laguna marble main altar. [11] [12] [13]
The cathedral's visitors center displays Snowden's “The Los Angeles Angelic Frieze,” an 11-foot-tall, 4-inch-deep, 1-ton bronze bas-relief pane that was sculpted as a preliminary study for her altar angels. From left to right, the composition features Archangels Michael, Raphael, Ariel, and Gabriel. It was sculpted with Rodin's tool #8. [14] [15] [16] [17]
A bronze free-standing screen bas-relief wall panel, "Creation's Gate", was debuted in the cathedral's Chapel 5. [18] [19] [20]
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