AGNES LAWRENCE PELTON
1881-1961
Image Source: ARTSLICEPOD.COM /episodes/episode-20-agnes-peltonBorn 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.
AGNES LAWRENCE PELTON BIOGRAPHY
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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. askART
1934
Oil on canvas
27 x 25 inches
Signed and titled: verso
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