Born in Greenwich Village in New York City, Agnes Tait was a painter of landscapes, figures, portraits and decorative panels, as well as a print maker and children's book illustrator. Her style was... Read full biography
Born in Greenwich Village in New York City, Agnes Tait was a painter of landscapes, figures, portraits and decorative panels, as well as a print maker and children's book illustrator. Her style was romantic realist, with some of her works being allegorical. Book illustrations include Heidi in 1947... Read full biography
Born in Greenwich Village in New York City, Agnes Tait was a painter of landscapes, figures, portraits and decorative panels, as well as a print maker and children's book illustrator. Her style was romantic realist, with some of her works being allegorical. Book illustrations include Heidi in 1947 and Paco's Miracle in 1961. From the age of fourteen, she studied intermittently for ten years (1908-1918) at the National Academy of Design in New York City with Charles Hinton, Francis Jones, and... Read full biography
Born in Greenwich Village in New York City, Agnes Tait was a painter of landscapes, figures, portraits and decorative panels, as well as a print maker and children's book illustrator. Her style was romantic realist, with some of her works being allegorical. Book illustrations include Heidi in 1947 and Paco's Miracle in 1961. From the age of fourteen, she studied intermittently for ten years (1908-1918) at the National Academy of Design in New York City with Charles Hinton, Francis Jones, and Leon Kroll. In 1930, she received a grant from the United Fruit Company to paint tropical scenes and portraits of natives in Jamaica and Haiti, and in 1932, she painted a series of portraits commissioned by Florenz Ziegfeld of his Follies girls. Tait... Read full biography
Born in Greenwich Village in New York City, Agnes Tait was a painter of landscapes, figures, portraits and decorative panels, as well as a print maker and children's book illustrator. Her style was romantic realist, with some of her works being allegorical. Book illustrations include Heidi in 1947 and Paco's Miracle in 1961. From the age of fourteen, she studied intermittently for ten years (1908-1918) at the National Academy of Design in New York City with Charles Hinton, Francis Jones, and Leon Kroll. In 1930, she received a grant from the United Fruit Company to paint tropical scenes and portraits of natives in Jamaica and Haiti, and in 1932, she painted a series of portraits commissioned by Florenz Ziegfeld of his Follies girls. Tait was an active WPA (Federal Arts Project) artist in the 1930s, and in this capacity, painted murals incl... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (30)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West
1998
Kovinick, Phil; Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick
405 pages
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995
Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller
612 pages
Independent Spirits: Women Painters of the American West 1890-1945 (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Trenton, Patricia (Editor); Sandra E'Emilio, Erika Doss (et all)
304 pages (color)
Printmaking in New Mexico 1880-1990
1991
Adams, Clinton
167 pages (color)
Biennial Exhibition Record of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Falk, Peter Hastings
335 pages
The Salons of America (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Marlor, Clark S
242 pages
Art by American Women Collection Louise and Alan Sellars (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Sternberg, Paul E
146 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Etched, in Memory The Building and Survival of Artistic Reputation
1990
Lang, Gladys & Kurt
437 pages
Centennial Exhibition 1889-1989 Members National Assoc Women Artists (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Sternberg, Paul E
62 pages (color)
Depression Post Office Murals and Southern Culture/A Gentle Reconstruction
1989
Beckham, Sue Bidwell
338 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985
Dawdy, Doris
1,184 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900
1985
Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie
851 pages
The Life and Times of Agnes Tait (Roswell NM Museum Exhibition) (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Pena, Lydia M
0 pages
The Life and Times of Agnes Tate 1874-1981 (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Pena, Lydia M
92 pages (color)
Mural Painting in New York City: Under the WPA Federal Art Project
1978
Berman, Greta
300 pages
Women Artists 1550-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Harris, Ann S/Linda Nochlin
368 pages (color)
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West