Edward Chávez (artist)

Edward Chávez (1917–1995) was an American artist.[1][2] His work straddled realism, expressionism, and abstraction; often incorporating both elements of modernism and his heritage as a New Mexican hispanic and native artist. He was an artist with the Treasury Relief Art Project during the Great Depression of the 1930s.[3] He also worked for the Section of Painting and Sculpture, painting a mural in the post office in Geneva, Nebraska, in 1941.[4][5][3] His painting Colt can be found at MoMa.[6] His work is also included in the collection at the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum.[3]

Edward Chávez
Born1917
Wagon Mound, New Mexico, U.S.
Died1995
Woodstock, New York, U.S.
OccupationArtist

References
  1. "Edward Chávez". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  2. "Edward Chavez". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  3. Stephanie Lewthwaite (2015). "Exile, Memory, and Abstraction in Edward Chávez". A Contested Art: Modernism and Mestizaje in New Mexico. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 156–181.
  4. "Post Office Mural – Geneva NE". The Living New Deal. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  5. Carol Ahlgren (August 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Geneva United States Post Office / FM05-126". National Park Service. Retrieved October 9, 2019. With accompanying three photos from 1989 (one of exterior, two of mural)
  6. "Edward Chavez | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2020-11-03.


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