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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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- The Founding of the Santa Fe ArtAugust 2004Grauer, Michael RAmerican Art Review
- Recent BooksMay 2004Editors, Southwest ArtSouthwest Art
- Texas-Best of the WestApril 2004Osterman, JulieSouthwest Art
- What's NewsJanuary 2004Editors, Art of the WestArt of the West