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Grant was born in [[Leavenworth, Kansas]]. She attended high school in Indianapolis and graduated in the first class from [[Vassar College]] with an A.B. degree. She studied art at the School of the [[Boston Museum of Fine Arts]] with [[William McGregor Paxton]] and [[Philip Leslie Hale]], at the [[Pennsylvania Academy]] with [[William Merritt Chase]], and at The [[Art Students League]] in New York.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006687403|title=When old trails were new; the story of Taos|first=Blanche C.|last=Grant|date=February 22, 1934|publisher=The Press of the pioneers inc.|via=Hathi Trust}}</ref> |
Grant was born in [[Leavenworth, Kansas]]. She attended high school in Indianapolis and graduated in the first class from [[Vassar College]] with an A.B. degree. She studied art at the School of the [[Boston Museum of Fine Arts]] with [[William McGregor Paxton]] and [[Philip Leslie Hale]], at the [[Pennsylvania Academy]] with [[William Merritt Chase]], and [[Henry Bainbridge McCarter]], and at The [[Art Students League]] in New York.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006687403|title=When old trails were new; the story of Taos|first=Blanche C.|last=Grant|date=February 22, 1934|publisher=The Press of the pioneers inc.|via=Hathi Trust}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 20:23, 23 February 2024
Blanche Chloe Grant (1874–1948) wrote several books on the history of Taos, New Mexico. As a painter she created landscape and figure work associated with the American Southwest and the Taos Pueblo Indians.
Education
Grant was born in Leavenworth, Kansas. She attended high school in Indianapolis and graduated in the first class from Vassar College with an A.B. degree. She studied art at the School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts with William McGregor Paxton and Philip Leslie Hale, at the Pennsylvania Academy with William Merritt Chase, and Henry Bainbridge McCarter, and at The Art Students League in New York.[1]
Professional career
Grant became a part of Howard Pyle's circle of illustrators in Wilmington, and by 1914, was an established magazine illustrator and landscape painter. In 1920, she moved to Taos, New Mexico and became an author and editor of books on Taos and other parts of the Southwest including writing on Kit Carson. She also did numerous oil paintings of the Indians, emphasizing the romantic and colorful side of life in Taos.[2]
Her paintings can be found in many private collections and at the Harwood Museum of Art in Taos and New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe.[3][4]
Grant produced murals for the New Mexico Technical University library ("Mine") in Socorro, New Mexico,[5] and for the Taos Presbyterian Church, the latter in 1921. They are no longer extant. Blanche Chloe Grant was buried at that church in 1948.[6]
Selected bibliography
- Taos Indians[7] (1925)
- Taos Today[8] (1925)
- One Hundred Years Ago in Old Taos[9] (1925)
- Kit Carson's own story of his life[10] (1926)
- When Old Trails Were New: The Story of Taos[11] (1934)
- Doña Lona: a story of old Taos and Santa Fé -- A Novel[12] (1941)
References
- ^ Grant, Blanche C. (February 22, 1934). When old trails were new; the story of Taos. The Press of the pioneers inc. – via Hathi Trust.
- ^ "Blanche Chloe Grant - Biography". www.askart.com.
- ^ "SIRIS – Smithsonian Institution Research Information System". Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ^ "Blanche Chloe Grant". New Mexico Museum of Art. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
- ^ Flynn, Kathryn A., Treasures on New Mexico Trails: Discover New Deal Art and Architecture, Sunstone Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico 1995 p. 94
- ^ Flynn, Kathryn A. (2012). Public Art and Architecture in New Mexico 1933–1943. Sunstone Press. ISBN 9780865348813. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ^ Grant, Blanche C. (February 22, 1925). Taos Indians. [Santa Fé New Mexican pub. co.] – via Hathi Trust.
- ^ Grant, Blanche Chloe (February 22, 1925). Taos today. [s.n.] – via Hathi Trust.
- ^ "HathiTrust Digital Library – Millions of books online". www.hathitrust.org.
- ^ Carson, Kit; Grant, Blanche C. (February 22, 1926). Kit Carson's own story of his life – via Hathi Trust.
- ^ Grant, Blanche C. (February 22, 1934). When old trails were new; the story of Taos. The Press of the pioneers inc. – via Hathi Trust.
- ^ Grant, Blanche C. (February 22, 1941). Doña Lona, a story of old Taos and Santa Fe. W. Funk, inc. – via Hathi Trust.
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