Olive Rush : finding her place in the Santa Fe art colony / Jann Haynes Gilmore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilmore, Janice Haynes, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rush, Olive, 1873-1966.

Rush, Olive.

Artists--United States--Biography.

Artists.

Artist colonies.

History.

United States.

New Mexico--Santa Fe.

Women artists--United States--Biography.

Women artists.

Artist colonies--New Mexico--Santa Fe--History--20th century.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

292 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Santa Fe : Museum of New Mexico Press, 2016.

Summary:

Oliva Rush (1873-1966, artist, illustrator, muralist, Native American art educator, and social reformer was born in Indiana to Quaker parents and left home at age sixteen to attend college and art school. At the age of forty-seven, after a successful career as an illustrator and artist and travelling the world, she settled in Santa Fe where she bought an old adobe farmhouse on Canyon Road. There she painted, showed her work, and hosted many visitors from near and far. Rush's painting style over the years evolved from realistic to abstract and by the end of her career she was a modernish. She helped create a technique for "true" fresco painting an dwas hired as a WPA muralist, emparking on a period of public art projects.

Contents:

Quaker upbringing and early art education

Howard Pyle and travels abroad

Europe, American Southwest, and city studios

Home and studio in the Santa Fe Art Colony

Breakthrough years in Chicago and New Mexico decorative arts

Great depression, patronage, and American Indian art

New Deal and public and private mural commissions

World War II, modern art, and enduring friendships

Dean of Santa Fe women artists

Final years in Santa Fe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-284) and index.

ISBN:

9780890136201

0890136203

OCLC:

950084126

Publisher Number:

40026612805