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Datus Ensign Myers

Datus Ensign Myers (1879 - 1960) was active/lived in New Mexico, California, Oregon.  Datus Myers is known for Indian-genre, figure and portrait painting.

The following biography was submitted in June of 2006 by Art Historian Michael Perez:

DATUS ENSIGN MYERS (1879-1960)
Born in Jefferson, Oregon on Sept. 29, 1879, Myers studied at the Chouinard School of Art in Los Angeles, and at the Art Institute of Chicago with famous artists Vanderpool, Freer, Betts, and C. F. Brown. Myers is best known for his paintings of the American West and his idealistic images of Native-American life.

Datus Myers and architect Alice Clark Myers first arrived in Santa Fe in 1923 on a painting trip. Like so many other artists, the Myers found Santa Fe irresistible, and in 1925 they moved into the Canyon Road neighborhood where they remodeled an old adobe on the Camino del Monte Sol (the name of a famous street in Santa Fe on which many artists lived and worked). Datus Myers had studied painting and sculpture at the Chicago Art Institute where he met Alice Clark, one of the first female graduates in architecture.  He later taught at the Ars   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5485 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Datus Ensign Myers

   Publications  Book References:  18
Magazine References:  0

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18 Book References for Datus Ensign Myers
Year Author Title Pages Color
2012 Lewandowski, Stacia Light, Landscape and the Creative Quest: Early Artists of Santa Fe 272 Yes
2006 Benezit, E Benezit Dictionary of Artists, English Version and Online (Fourteen Volumes) 0 No
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2002 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
Available For Sale.
1249 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1995 Flynn, Kathryn A Treasures on New Mexico Trails Discover New Deal Art and Architecture 320 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1989 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California, 1786-1940 637 No
1985 Dawdy, Doris Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary 1184 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1984 Marlor, Clark S The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
(Exhibition catalog)
600 No
1984 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall Southern California Art Publication 3, Dictionary 291 No
1976 Robertson, Edna/Sarah Nestor Artists of the Canyons and Caminos, Santa Fe, the Early Years 182 Yes
1976 School of American Research Representative Art and Artists of New Mexico
(Exhibition catalog)
41 No
1975 Santa Fe Festival of the Arts Santa Fe Collects
(Exhibition catalog)
64 Yes
1974 New Mexico, Museum of Fine Art Handbook of the Collections Museum of Fine Arts 192 Yes
1973 Havlice, Patricia Pate Index to Artistic Biography (Three Volumes) 2315 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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