Willard Nash

Willard Ayer Nash (1898 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 1943 in Albuquerque) grew up in Detroit, Michigan. In Detroit he studied art with John P. Wicker and became successful as a commercial artist. He was also an amateur boxer, soprano and actor.[1] He moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1920 and became friends with the other modernist artists in the area. He found work with the Works Progress Administration, completing six panels in 1934 to be hung in the University of New Mexico's main library.[2] In addition to painting he made a number of lithographs he printed himself.[3] He moved to California in 1936, teaching in San Francisco and Los Angeles. His work is in the collections of the Denver Art Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, University of New Mexico Art Museum and New Mexico Museum of Art.[4]

Fremont Ellis (L) and Willard Nash (R) in Canyoncito, NM in 1920
Willard Nash was an American artist best known for being a member of Los Cinco Pintores.

He contributed to, and lived in, the Camino del Monte Sol Historic District in Santa Fe, New Mexico, living at 566 Camino del Monte Sol.[5]

References
  1. Hughes, Edan Milton (1986). Artists in California 1786-1940. San Francisco: Hughes Publishing. p. 328. ISBN 0961611200.
  2. Bellmore, Audra; Bordeianu, Sever (Spring 2013). "Youth, Science, and the Future: Three Sets of New Deal Era Murals at the University of New Mexico". Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America. 32 (1). doi:10.1086/669990. JSTOR 10.1086/669990.
  3. Adams, Clinton. Printmaking in New Mexico 1880-1990. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. p. 22. ISBN 0826313078.
  4. Falk, Peter (1999). Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975 : 400 Years of Artists in America. Madison, CT: Sound View Press. p. 2389. ISBN 0932087574.
  5. Corinne P. Sze (February 12, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Camino del Monte Sol Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved July 8, 2019. With accompanying 30 photos


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