Word: blumenschein
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last year, an outstanding contribution from New Mexico was the work of Ernest Leonard Blumenschein, whose paintings are so finely grained they suggest the surface of a highly polished piece of maple. This year, Artist Blumenschein's contribution was a populous piece called Ourselves and Taos Neighbors, in which celebrities like Mabel Dodge Luhan, the late D. H. Lawrence, Mr. & Mrs. Blumenschein, are planted as stiffly as figures in a family portrait in a maple-colored adobe interior. Typical of the surprises hidden among the 417 pieces in the show was the work of 42-year-old Novelist Ramon...
Hundreds of U. S. painters strove for the 30 open places. For days the U. S. committee of selection-Artists Randall Davey, Jonas Lie, Eugene Speicher. Ernest Blumenschein, Charles Rosen-sat in a bleak gallery while porters propped up more than 1,000 paintings before them. The 30 that were chosen took their places among the 466 that were invited to be judged by an international committee...