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Sheldon Parsons Artist Biography, History and Paintings

Learn about the life of and artwork of Sheldon Parson a well known Santa Fe artist of the first half of the 20th century. Sheldon Parsons was born in 1866 in Rochester, New York and studied at the National Academy of Design with William Merritt Chase, Edgar Ward and Will Low. From 1895 to 1912 he was a successful portrait artist in New York City painting President McKinley and Susan B. Anthony, among others. Parsons contracted Tuberculosis soon after his wife’s death and sought out a new start and a healthier climate. Parsons drove West with his daughter Sara to Santa Fe. When he experienced the vivid colors and soft architecture of the Southwest, he never painted figures again. A Santa Fe art colony was not established until 1921, but Parsons became one of the earliest resident Santa Fe artists and was known for impressionist landscapes of Adobe buildings often covered in red chili peppers. Parsons showed at the Palace of the Governors and became the first director of the newly constructed New Mexico Museum of Fine Art in 1918. A number of Parsons paintings are in the permanent collections of both places. In 1919, several years into their life in Santa Fe, Sara met and married the artist Victor Higgins. Even though the marriage only lasted four years, it has been said that the influence of Higgins can be seen in some of Parsons's best work from the '20s and '30s. Parsons's work was not considered modernism, but his affinity for the more progressive New Mexico artists caused political friction at the Museum and cut short his tenure as director. His life came to an end in September of 1943, just as abstract expressionism was beginning in New York City. Parsons studio was on Canyon Road and he painted some of his greatest works incorporating the surrounding imagery. https://www.medicinemangallery.com/se...