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Artists who were born in, or who have extensively lived in, extensively worked in, or been involved with the Southwest United States, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah.
New artists’ colonies started growing up around Santa Fe and Taos, the artists' primary subject matter being the native people and landscapes of the Southwest. Images of the Southwest became a popular form of advertising, used most significantly by the Santa Fe Railroad to entice settlers to come west and enjoy the “unsullied landscapes”.
Artists of the American West. Visual artists depicting the 18th−19th century western American Frontier and American Old West, and the 20th−21st century Western United States, in various artistic media. Artworks of this American Western genre/period/region are also referred to as "Western Art," distinct from Western art of European Art history
The art colonies in California and New Mexico provided artists a place to further explore the western American. Thus, artists depicted the West in increasing various ways. Maynard Dixon, American painter, changed to easel paintings of Indians and landscapes rendered in a nearly cubist/realist style from illustrations of the Old West. [19]
The Taos art colony was an art colony founded in Taos, New Mexico, by artists attracted by the culture of the Taos Pueblo and northern New Mexico. The history of Hispanic craftsmanship in furniture, tin work, and other mediums also played a role in creating a multicultural tradition of art in the area.
But "Out West: Gay and Lesbian Artists in the Southwest 1900-1969" explores the significant contributions gay and lesbian artists wielded in the American Southwest. The show runs through Sept. 2 ...
This is a list by date of birth of historically recognized American fine artists known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual in nature, including traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography, and printmaking, as well as more recent genres, including installation art, performance art, body art, conceptual art, digital art and video art.
Maynard Dixon (January 24, 1875 – November 11, 1946) was an American artist. He was known for his paintings, and his body of work focused on the American West.Dixon is considered one of the finest artists having dedicated most of their art to the U.S. Southwestern cultures and landscapes at the end of the 19th-century and the first half of the 20th-century.