10. Wounded Angel_Michael Croydon

10. The Wounded Angel by Michael Croydon was completed in 1975 and purchased by Lake Forest College in 1981. The sculpture was dedicated in memory of Ellen Mosey, a longtime and beloved director of public affairs at the school. The class of 1973 raised the funds for the purchase. Michael Croydon was born near London and educated at Goldsmiths College of Art, the Ealing School of Art, and the Royal College of Art. His work in architectural sculpture began in the early 1960s when he was teaching in Kenya at the University of East Africa. In 1968, Croydon was appointed a professor of art at Lake Forest College where he taught painting, photography, drawing, art history, and sculpture. He retired in 1995. His work is internationally recognized and represented in public and private collections throughout Europe, the United States, Canada, Africa, and Japan.