{"product_id":"the-denver-artists-guild-its-founding-members-an-illustrated-history","title":"The Denver Artists Guild: Its Founding Members; An Illustrated History","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1928  the newly organized Denver Artists Guild held its inaugural exhibition in downtown Denver. Little did the participants realize that their initial effort would survive the Great Depression and World War IIand then outlive all of the groups fifty-two charter members.  The guilds founders worked in many media and pursued a variety of styles. In addition to the oils and watercolors one would expect were masterful pastels by Elsie Haddon Haynes  photographs by Laura Gilpin  sculpture by Gladys Caldwell Fisher and Arnold Rnnebeck  ceramics by Anne Van Briggle Ritter and Paul St. Gaudens  and collages by Pansy Stockton. Styles included realism  impressionism  regionalism  surrealism  and abstraction. Murals by Allen True  Vance Kirkland  John E. Thompson  Louise Ronnebeck  and others graced public and private buildingssecular and religiousin Colorado and throughout the United States. The guilds artists didnt just contribute to the fine and decorative arts of Colorado; they enhanced the national reputation of the state.  Then  in 1948  the Denver Artists Guild became the stage for a great public debate pitting traditional against modern. The twenty-year-old guild split apart as modernists bolted to form their own group  the Fifteen Colorado Artists. It was a seminal moment: some of the guilds artists became great modernists  while others remained great traditionalists.  Enhanced by period photographs and reproductions of the founding members works  The Denver Artists Guild chronicles a vibrant yet overlooked chapter of Colorados cultural history. The book includes a walking tour of guild members paintings and sculptures viewable in Denver and elsewhere in Colorado  by Leah Naess and author Stan Cuba.  In honor of the books release  the Byers-Evans House Gallery will showcase a collection of founding guild members works starting June 26  2015. The exhibit  also titled The Denver Artists Guild: Its Founding Members  contains paintings from artists such as the famed Paschal Quackenbush  Louise Ronnebeck  Albert Byron Olson  Elisabeth Spalding  Waldo Love and Vance Kirkland. The show will be on display through September 26  2015.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44968179564597,"sku":"ByrdShop_0942576586","price":384.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780942576580.jpg?v=1770648553","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-denver-artists-guild-its-founding-members-an-illustrated-history","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}