George Holburn Snowden, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGeorge Holburn Snowden
American artist
Date of Birth: 17-Dec-1901
Date of Death: 15-Dec-1990
Profession: sculptor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About George Holburn Snowden
- George Holburn Snowden NA (December 17, 1901 – December 15, 1990) was an American sculptor.
- He was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1941, was recipient of the 1927 Rome Prize as well as receiving the Royal Academy Order of Merit.
- He was an apprentice to Robert George Eberhard, chairman of the Yale School of Sculpture and protégé of Auguste Rodin.
- Rodin bequeathed his sculpting tools to Eberhard, who in turn passed them to George.
- George's daughter M.L.
- Snowden apprenticed under him, and later received Rodin's tools.
- George's work was featured in a retrospective at the Smithsonian.
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