Raymond, Evelyn, 1908-

Evelyn Raymond was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1908. She attended the Minnesota College of Art Design in Minneapolis before withdrawing to follow two teachers to a new program, the Minneapolis Art Students League. After working and caring for her mother in Duluth for eight years, Raymond returned to Minneapolis to begin her career as a sculptor in the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project in 1938. Between 1939 and 1951 she taught at the Walker Art Center school and was the head of the sculpture department. In 1958 her statue of Maria L. Sanford was installed at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. In addition to her ongoing career as a sculptor creating architectural sculptures for businesses and churches, busts of well-known people, and many other works, she continued to teach in her own studios. Evelyn Raymond died in 1998.