Fremont Ellis (L) and Willard Nash (R) in Canyoncito, NM in 1920Willard Nash was an American artist best known for being a member of Los Cinco Pintores . Willard Ayer Nash (1898 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 1943 in Albuquerque) grew up in Detroit, Michigan . In Detroit he studied art with John P. Wicker and became successful as a commercial artist. He was also an amateur boxer, soprano and actor.[ 1] Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1920 and became friends with the other modernist artists in the area. He found work with the Works Progress Administration , completing six panels in 1934 to be hung in the University of New Mexico 's main library.[ 2] lithographs he printed himself.[ 3] Denver Art Museum , Los Angeles County Museum of Art , University of New Mexico Art Museum and New Mexico Museum of Art .[ 4]
He contributed to, and lived in, the Camino del Monte Sol Historic District in Santa Fe, New Mexico , living at 566 Camino del Monte Sol.[ 5]
References
^ Hughes, Edan Milton (1986). Artists in California 1786-1940 328 . ISBN 0961611200 ^ 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 . JSTOR 10.1086/669990 . ^ Adams, Clinton (1991). Printmaking in New Mexico 1880-1990 . Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. p. 22. ISBN 0826313078 ^ Falk, Peter (1999). Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975 : 400 Years of Artists in America 2389 . ISBN 0932087574 ^ Corinne P. Sze (February 12, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Camino del Monte Sol Historic District" . National Park Service . Retrieved July 8, 2019 . accompanying 30 photos
International National Artists
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