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1898 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1943 Albuquerque, New Mexico. Known for: Modernist figure, landscape and genre painting.
Born in Philadelphia, PA on March 29, 1898, Willard Nash studied art with John P. Wicker in Detroit. At 16 he was a successful commercial artist in Detroit and the highest paid boy soprano in the... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, PA on March 29, 1898, Willard Nash studied art with John P. Wicker in Detroit. At 16 he was a successful commercial artist in Detroit and the highest paid boy soprano in the U.S. He also acted on the Detroit stage and enjoyed a brief career as an amateur boxer. At age 22 he... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, PA on March 29, 1898, Willard Nash studied art with John P. Wicker in Detroit. At 16 he was a successful commercial artist in Detroit and the highest paid boy soprano in the U.S. He also acted on the Detroit stage and enjoyed a brief career as an amateur boxer. At age 22 he moved to Santa Fe, NM and became active with Los Cinco Pintores. Nash moved to California in 1933. After a brief period of teaching in San Francisco, he taught at the Art Center School in Los Angeles, a... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, PA on March 29, 1898, Willard Nash studied art with John P. Wicker in Detroit. At 16 he was a successful commercial artist in Detroit and the highest paid boy soprano in the U.S. He also acted on the Detroit stage and enjoyed a brief career as an amateur boxer. At age 22 he moved to Santa Fe, NM and became active with Los Cinco Pintores. Nash moved to California in 1933. After a brief period of teaching in San Francisco, he taught at the Art Center School in Los Angeles, a position he held until shortly before his death in Albuquerque on Sept. 3, 1942. While his early works show the influence of Cézanne and the Fauves, he also experimented with other modern idioms such as Cubism and Abstractionism. Exhibitions: Los... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, PA on March 29, 1898, Willard Nash studied art with John P. Wicker in Detroit. At 16 he was a successful commercial artist in Detroit and the highest paid boy soprano in the U.S. He also acted on the Detroit stage and enjoyed a brief career as an amateur boxer. At age 22 he moved to Santa Fe, NM and became active with Los Cinco Pintores. Nash moved to California in 1933. After a brief period of teaching in San Francisco, he taught at the Art Center School in Los Angeles, a position he held until shortly before his death in Albuquerque on Sept. 3, 1942. While his early works show the influence of Cézanne and the Fauves, he also experimented with other modern idioms such as Cubism and Abstractionism. Exhibitions: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1928, 1938 . San Francisco Art Association, 1931, 1939. Courvoisier Gallery (SF), . Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in... Read full biography
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Keywords (48)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Charcoal
- •Conte Crayon
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstract Figurative, Human Figure
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Adobe Structures, Pueblos
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
- •Still Life
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •New Mexico Before 1940
Art Association
- •Los Cinco Pintores
- •Society of Independent Artists-
Art Teacher
- •John Fabian Carlson
Art School
- •Broadmoor Art Academy, Colorado Springs, Student
- •Broadmoor Art Academy, Teacher
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Art Collection
- •Anschutz Collection
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
- •Mural Specialty
- •Printmaking Specialty
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Artist Colony
- •Santa Fe Artist Colony
Exhibition of Art Association
- •San Francisco Art Association
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art