Artists of the Canyons and Caminos - Tapa blanda

Richly illustrated, Artists of the Canyons and Caminos traces the lives and work of painters who settled in Santa Fe in the early years of the twentieth century. Under their influence, Santa Fe grew from a dusty high-desert town with no paved streets or automobiles to a thriving community.

Artists of the Canyons and Caminos features a new foreword by publisher Gibbs M. Smith, and reveals little-known facts and profiles of the personalities who catalyzed this transformation. Above all, it illuminates their common bond: an enduring love for the beauty of the land that called to them in the first place.

This 30th Anniversary Edition of Artists of the Canyons and Caminos commemorates the rich tradition of painters in early-twentieth-century Santa Fe as much as it does their individual lives and passions. Some arrived in the 1880s, tracing paths forged earlier by Native Americans. Others came later, drawn by the area's health-promoting dry air, jeweled quality of light, simple lifestyle, and tricultural social fabric. Most stayed on, creating an art colony with its first juried show in 1951 and a legacy for celebrating the beauty of the land.

Their names are by now legendary-among them, Joseph Henry Sharp, Carlos Vierra, William Penhallow Henderson, John Sloan, Louise Crow, Marsden Hartley, Randall Davey, Los Cinco Pintores (Fremont Ellis, Walter Mruk, Willard Nash, Jozef Bakos, and Will Shuster), Olive Rush, Gustave Baumann, and Harold West.

Edna Robertson was Curator of Collections at the Fine Arts Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico, when she wrote this book. Coauthor Sarah Nestor, a writer and editor, is her daughter.