Laguna Art Museum
307 Cliff Drive
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
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1881 Stuttgart, Germany - 1961 Cathedral City, California. Known for: Landscape, portrait and floral still-life painting.
Born in Stuttgart, Germany to American parents, William Halsey Pelton and Florence Pelton, Agnes Pelton was a pioneering American modernist* whose career had several phases that reflected her... Read full biography
Born in Stuttgart, Germany to American parents, William Halsey Pelton and Florence Pelton, Agnes Pelton was a pioneering American modernist* whose career had several phases that reflected her wide-ranging interests, extensive travels, and ability to grow and change. From 1900 to 1914, she did... Read full biography
Born in Stuttgart, Germany to American parents, William Halsey Pelton and Florence Pelton, Agnes Pelton was a pioneering American modernist* whose career had several phases that reflected her wide-ranging interests, extensive travels, and ability to grow and change. From 1900 to 1914, she did "imaginative paintings" focused on her 'inner self'; in 1919, a visit to the Southwest and exposure to Pueblo Indians initiated her portrait phase. In 1923-1924 in Hawaii, she added floral and botanical... Read full biography
Born in Stuttgart, Germany to American parents, William Halsey Pelton and Florence Pelton, Agnes Pelton was a pioneering American modernist* whose career had several phases that reflected her wide-ranging interests, extensive travels, and ability to grow and change. From 1900 to 1914, she did "imaginative paintings" focused on her 'inner self'; in 1919, a visit to the Southwest and exposure to Pueblo Indians initiated her portrait phase. In 1923-1924 in Hawaii, she added floral and botanical subjects to her repertoire, and living in California beginning 1931, she focused on desert scenes with some of her paintings being abstract stylistically and others representational. Of her career at that point, American Art News, February 21, 1931,... Read full biography
Born in Stuttgart, Germany to American parents, William Halsey Pelton and Florence Pelton, Agnes Pelton was a pioneering American modernist* whose career had several phases that reflected her wide-ranging interests, extensive travels, and ability to grow and change. From 1900 to 1914, she did "imaginative paintings" focused on her 'inner self'; in 1919, a visit to the Southwest and exposure to Pueblo Indians initiated her portrait phase. In 1923-1924 in Hawaii, she added floral and botanical subjects to her repertoire, and living in California beginning 1931, she focused on desert scenes with some of her paintings being abstract stylistically and others representational. Of her career at that point, American Art News, February 21, 1931, had this text: "In the trend away from materialism in general, and from liberalism in art in particular, Miss Pelton is a chil... Read full biography
Agnes Lawrence Pelton - Artist Info
About Agnes Lawrence Pelton: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (11)
All MuseumsMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115New Mexico Museum of Art
113 Lincoln Avenue
Santa Fe, NM 87501Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94607Palm Springs Art Museum
101 Museum Drive
Po Box 2310
Palm Springs, CA 92263-2310Parrish Art Museum
279 Montauk Highway
Water Mill, NY 11968Phoenix Art Museum
1625 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004-1685San Diego Museum of Art
Balboa Park, 1450 el Prado
Po 122107
San Diego, CA 92101Santa Barbara Museum of Art
1130 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101-2476University of New Mexico Art Museum (UNMAM)
203 Cornell Dr SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014