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1866 Rochester, New York - 1943 Santa Fe, New Mexico. Known for: Landscape, Indian pueblos and figure painting.
In 1918 becoming the first director of the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe, Sheldon Parsons was a painter of local residents, plaza scenes, and landscapes. He applied Impressionist techniques to... Read full biography
In 1918 becoming the first director of the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe, Sheldon Parsons was a painter of local residents, plaza scenes, and landscapes. He applied Impressionist techniques to convey the New Mexico landscape, and his work became popular. He was born in Rochester, New York, and... Read full biography
In 1918 becoming the first director of the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe, Sheldon Parsons was a painter of local residents, plaza scenes, and landscapes. He applied Impressionist techniques to convey the New Mexico landscape, and his work became popular. He was born in Rochester, New York, and studied at the National Academy of Design with William Merritt Chase, Edgar Ward and Will Low. He was married to noted photographer Caroline Reed Parsons, and from 1895 to 1912, was a much sought after... Read full biography
In 1918 becoming the first director of the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe, Sheldon Parsons was a painter of local residents, plaza scenes, and landscapes. He applied Impressionist techniques to convey the New Mexico landscape, and his work became popular. He was born in Rochester, New York, and studied at the National Academy of Design with William Merritt Chase, Edgar Ward and Will Low. He was married to noted photographer Caroline Reed Parsons, and from 1895 to 1912, was a much sought after New York portrait painter, whose subjects included prominent persons such as President McKinley and Susan B Anthony. He also won much recognition for his autumn scenes of the countryside of Westchester County. In 1913, to start a new life after his... Read full biography
In 1918 becoming the first director of the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe, Sheldon Parsons was a painter of local residents, plaza scenes, and landscapes. He applied Impressionist techniques to convey the New Mexico landscape, and his work became popular. He was born in Rochester, New York, and studied at the National Academy of Design with William Merritt Chase, Edgar Ward and Will Low. He was married to noted photographer Caroline Reed Parsons, and from 1895 to 1912, was a much sought after New York portrait painter, whose subjects included prominent persons such as President McKinley and Susan B Anthony. He also won much recognition for his autumn scenes of the countryside of Westchester County. In 1913, to start a new life after his wife's death and to find a better climate because of his tuberculosis, he gave up his successful career in New York t... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •Adobe Structures, Pueblos
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Indian Figure Prior to 1940
- •Indians, Native American Specialty
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •National Parks and/or State Parks
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
- •Still Life
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Grand Canyon, Arizona
- •New Mexico Before 1940
- •Taos, New Mexico Before 1940
Art Teacher
- •William Merritt Chase
Art School
- •National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Santa Fe Railroad Commissioned Art
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty
- •Snowscene Specialty
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Artist Colony
- •Santa Fe Artist Colony
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892-1893
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts