Ella Buchanan

Ella Buchanan (July 14, 1867 – July 15, 1951) was an American sculptor.

Biography Born in Canada, Buchanan grew up in Springfield, Illinois and Pittsburg, Kansas, where her father was a newspaper editor. She trained at the Art Institute of Chicago, where she also taught from 1911 to 1915. She became a sculptor in Los Angeles, California, and she was the vice president of the Sculptors' Guild of Southern California.

Much of Buchanan's work featured social issues such as slavery, women’s rights, poverty, and early settlement of the California frontier. Among her works were “The Young Lincoln” (1927), “The Spirit of the West Going Forward” (1917), and “Navaho Indian and Zuni Girl” (1931). In 1938, her smaller-scale sculptures of cowboys, Indians and soldiers toured California as part of the WPA Federal Art Exhibition.