Willard Nash
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- Willard Nash was an American artist best known for being a member ofLos Cinco Pintores.
Willard Ayer Nash(1898 inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania– 1943 in Albuquerque) grew up inDetroit, Michigan.In Detroit he studied art withJohn P. Wickerand became successful as a commercial artist. He was also an amateur boxer, soprano and actor.[1]He moved toSanta Fe, New Mexicoin 1920 and became friends with the othermodernistartists in the area. He found work with theWorks Progress Administration,completing six panels in 1934 to be hung in theUniversity of New Mexico's main library.[2]In addition to painting he made a number oflithographshe printed himself.[3]He moved to California in 1936, teaching in San Francisco and Los Angeles. His work is in the collections of theDenver Art Museum,Los Angeles County Museum of Art,University of New Mexico Art MuseumandNew Mexico Museum of Art.[4]
He contributed to, and lived in, theCamino del Monte Sol Historic DistrictinSanta Fe, New Mexico,living at 566 Camino del Monte Sol.[5]
References[edit]
- ^Hughes, Edan Milton (1986).Artists in California 1786-1940.San Francisco: Hughes Publishing. p.328.ISBN0961611200.
- ^Bellmore, Audra; Bordeianu, Sever (Spring 2013). "Youth, Science, and the Future: Three Sets of New Deal Era Murals at the University of New Mexico".Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America.32(1): 71–86.doi:10.1086/669990.JSTOR10.1086/669990.
- ^Adams, Clinton (1991).Printmaking in New Mexico 1880-1990.Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. p. 22.ISBN0826313078.
- ^Falk, Peter (1999).Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America.Madison, CT: Sound View Press. p.2389.ISBN0932087574.
- ^Corinne P. Sze (February 12, 1988)."National Register of Historic Places Registration: Camino del Monte Sol Historic District".National Park Service.RetrievedJuly 8,2019.Withaccompanying 30 photos
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