ArtistBlumenschein, Helen Green

Artist Years1909-1989

Artist NationalityAmerican

TitleNear Creede, Soward Ranch, Colorado

Year1977

MediumDrawing > Watercolor

Dimensions8 X 9.7 inches

NotesHelen Green Blumenschein was born in brooklyn, New York. She was the daughter of two great artists: Mary Shepherd Greene (1869-1958) and Ernest L. Blumenschein (1874-1960) of both of Taos/Santa Fe fame. Helen moved to Taos, New Mexico in 1919, when she was only ten years old. She returned to New York City to study at Art Student's League under Harry Sternberg. In 1929, she went to Paris to study under Andre Lhote. In Paris, she exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1930 and 1931.

Although primarily known as a Southwestern landscape painter, Blumenschein was also an illustrator and a lithographer. Her work can be viewed in public collections such as the New York Public Library, the Library of Congress, the Carnegie Institute and the Museum of New Mexico.
(source: wikipedia.org)

Note:
The Soward Ranch is located 14 miles southwest of Creede, Colorado, in what is historically known as Antelope Park. This 1300-acre ranch is certainly the gem of this Upper Rio Grande valley!

Daniel and Ellen Soward homesteaded the main portion of the ranch in 1886, over 125 years ago, before the city of Creede was formed. The ranch was originally a cattle ranch, selling beef and hay to the bustling boomtown of Creede. Seeing the potential of raising trout in the early part of the century, Dan started building lakes on the property to eventually raise and sell fish that would be shipped by train to restaurants in Colorado Springs and Denver.

In the early thirties, Dan and Ellen’s daughter, Emma, saw the potential for recreational fishing and started building rental cabins. Margaret and her husband Howard continued that tradition, building additional cabins in the 50s and 60s and even remodeling a few of the original homesteaded cabins.
(source: sowardranch.com)

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