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Birth
1866 (Rochester, New York)
Death
1943 (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
Lived/Active
New York/New Mexico
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landscape, Indian pueblos and figure painting
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Taos Pre 1940
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The first director in 1918 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, (showing 500 of 4590 characters). |
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