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Artists carry painting beyond the appearance of the physical world, through concepts of space, color, light and design, to imaginative realms that are idealistic and spiritual. Exhibition organizer: Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA. On view June 26 to September 26.

Portrait of the Transcendental Painting Group and friends, Taos [Left to right: Bess Harris, R. S. Horton, Mayrion Bisttram’s mother, Lawren Harris, Mayrion Bisttram, Robert Gribbroek, Emil Bisttram, Isabel McLaughlin, Raymond Jonson], November 1938, Raymond Jonson Archive, University of Art Museum, Albuquerque. ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION To sponsor a MasterWork call Elaine Richardson 505.677.8491 or email [email protected] MASTERWORKS SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Featured MasterWork $1,000 each - Pages 1-2

Section Sponsorship $3,500 Music • Sponsor section of thirteen works – Pages 8-11

Section Sponsorship $2,500 The Earthly Realm • Sponsor section of eight works – Pages 2-3 The Cosmos • Sponsor section of seven works – Pages 4-5 Visual Rythym • Sponsor section of seven works – Pages 6-7 Color and Movement • Sponsor section of eight works – Pages 12-13 Time and Life Cycles • Sponsor section of seven works – Pages 14-15 Light and The Spiritual Plane • Sponsor section of seven works – Pages 16-17

Artist Bio Sponsorship $500 each Dane Rudhyar – Page 18 William T. Lumpkins – Page 19 William Stuart Walker – Page 20 Robert Carter Gribbroek – Page 21 Horace Towner Pierce – Page 22 Florence Miller Pierce – Page 23 Edward Watson Garman – Page 24 Lawren Stewart Harris – Page 25

Artist Bio Sponsorship $1,000 each Emil Bisstram – Page 26 Raymond Jonson – Page 27 Agnes Pelton – Page 28

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Agnes Pelton 1881 Stuttgart, Germany – 1961 Cathedral City, California Winter 1933 oil on canvas 30 x 28 in. (canvas), 33 3/4 x 31 3/4 x 1 5/8 in. (framed)

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Emil Bisttram 1895 Nădlac, Hungary – 1976 Taos, New Mexico Creative Forces 1936 oil on canvas 26 x 27 in. (canvas), 38 1/2 x 30 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (framed) private collection, courtesy Aaron Payne Fine Art, Santa Fe

ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION To sponsor a MasterWork call Elaine Richardson 505.677.8491 or email [email protected] Page 2 SECTION SPONSORSHIP • THE EARTHLY REALM • SPONSOR THE ENTIRE SECTION OF EIGHT WORKS • $2,500 Many artists in the Transcendental Painting Group painted landscapes prior to, during, and after their involvement in the group.

Raymond Jonson 1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 Albuquerque, New Mexico City Forces 1932 oil on canvas 37 x 68 in. (canvas), 46 1/8 x 77 in. (framed) Raymond Jonson Raymond Jonson 1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico Oil No. 10 Suspension 1939 1935 oil on canvas oil on canvas 40 x 40 in. (canvas), 42 x 42 in. (framed) 47 1/2 x 41 5/8 in. (canvas), 50 x 44 collection of Georgia and Michael de Havenon, New York in. (framed)

Raymond Jonson 1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 Albuquerque, New Mexico Oil No. 7 1941 oil on canvas 22 x 30 in. (canvas), 25 1/4 x 33 1/4 x 2 in. (framed) ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION To sponsor a MasterWork call Elaine Richardson 505.677.8491 or email [email protected] Page 3 SECTION SPONSORSHIP • THE EARTHLY REALM continued

William Lumpkins 1909 New Mexico – 2000 Santa Fe, New Emil Bisttram Mexico 1895 Nădlac, Hungary – 1976 Taos, New Untitled Mexico 1931 Cactus watercolor on paper Raymond Jonson ca. 1938 21 x 26 1/4 in. (sheet), 25 x 30 1/4 in. 1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 oil on canvas (framed) Albuquerque, New Mexico Lawren Harris 31 7/8 x 35 3/8 in. (canvas) Synthesis Fourteen (Oil No. 11) 1885 Brantford, Canada – 1970 1947 Vancouver, Canada oil on canvas Mountain Experience 45 x 35 in. (canvas), 48 x 38 1/4 x 1 ca. 1936 5/8 in. (framed) oil on canvas 56 x 34 3/4 in. (canvas), 57 1/4 x 36 in. (framed)

ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION To sponsor a MasterWork call Elaine Richardson 505.677.8491 or email [email protected] Page 4 SECTION SPONSORSHIP • THE COSMOS • SPONSOR THE ENTIRE SECTION OF SEVEN WORKS • $2,500 The cosmic realm, encompassing everything beyond earth, appealed to many members of the Transcendental Painting Group because of its association with spiritual and scientific ideas.

Horace Pierce 1916 Meeker, Colorado – 1958 Albuquerque, New Mexico Comet Agnes Pelton Agnes Pelton 1957 1881 Stuttgart, Germany – 1961 1881 Stuttgart, Germany – 1961 tempera on paper Cathedral City, California Cathedral City, California 12 1/4 x 19 3/4 in. (sight), 13 1/2 x 21 in. (framed) Alchemy Star Icon II 1937–39 ca. 1939 oil on canvas oil on canvas 26 1/4 x 26 in. (canvas), 46 1/4 x 36 31 x 23 in. (canvas), 31 x 23 x 1 1/2 1/4 x 7/8 in. (framed) in. (framed)

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Raymond Jonson 1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 Raymond Jonson Emil Bisttram Florence Miller Pierce Albuquerque, New Mexico 1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 1895 Nădlac, Hungary – 1976 1918 Washington, DC – 2007 Eclipse (from the Universe Series) Albuquerque, New Mexico Taos, New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico 1935 Rising Moon (from the Universe Series) Lord Maitreya Rising Red oil on canvas 1935 1956 1942 oil on canvas 40 x 41 in. (canvas), 43 casein and gesso on panel oil on canvas 27 x 31 in. (canvas), 30 1/2 x 34 3/4 in. x 44 x 2 in. (framed) 45 x 40 in. (board), 39 3/8 x 44 36 x 36 in. (canvas), 41 x 41 1/2 in. (framed) 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (framed) (framed)

ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION To sponsor a MasterWork call Elaine Richardson 505.677.8491 or email [email protected] Page 6 SECTION SPONSORSHIP • VISUAL RHYTHM • SPONSOR THE ENTIRE SECTION OF SEVEN WORKS • $2,500 In these works, visual rhythm is seen in the repetition of lines, forms, and shades of color that give the paintings a sense of movement and vivacity.

Emil Bisttram Robert Gribbroek Raymond Jonson 1895 Nădlac, Hungary – 1976 Taos, New Mexico 1906 Rochester, New York – 1971 Taos, New 1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 Albuquerque, New Late Afternoon, Interior No. 1 Mexico Mexico 1938 Composition #57 / Pattern 29 Oil No. 2 oil on canvas 1938 1942 36 x 32 in. (canvas), 39 1/4 x 35 1/8 x 1 5/8 in. oil on canvas oil on canvas (framed) 36 x 27 in. (canvas), 43 x 34 in. (framed) 42 x 36 (canvas), 46 1/4 x 40 x 1 3/4 in. (framed)

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Raymond Jonson Ed Garman 1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 1914 Bridgeport, Connecticut – Albuquerque, New Mexico 2004 Imperial Beach, California Oil No. 11 Painting #231 Lawren Harris 1941 1941 1885 Brantford, Canada – 1970 oil on canvas oil on panel Vancouver, Canada 45 x 35 in. (canvas), 48 x 38 x 2 in. 24 x 24 in. (panel), 31 x Dane Rudhyar Abstraction #119 (framed, approx.) 25 x 2 in. (framed) 1895 Paris, France – 1985 San Francisco, 1945 California oil on canvas Creative Man 67 1/4 x 55 1/2 in. (canvas) 1947 undiluted watercolors on illustration board 28 1/2 x 19 3/8 in. (board), 39 3/4 x 29 7/8 in. (framed)

ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION To sponsor a MasterWork call Elaine Richardson 505.677.8491 or email [email protected] Page 8 SECTION SPONSORSHIP • MUSIC • SPONSOR THE ENTIRE SECTION OF THIRTEEN WORKS • $3,500 Many of these works make direct references to music or incorporate it in some way.

Horace Pierce Agnes Pelton Agnes Pelton Agnes Pelton 1916 Meeker, Colorado – 1958 Albuquerque, New 1881 Stuttgart, Germany – 1961 1881 Stuttgart, Germany – 1961 1881 Stuttgart, Germany – Mexico Cathedral City, California Cathedral City, California 1961 Cathedral City, Symphony #2 Heart Music (Happy Heart) Meadowlark’s Song, Winter California 1949–52 1944, 1948–49 1926 The Voice airbrushed watercolor and gouache on paper oil on canvas oil on canvas 1930 9 x 11 in. (sheet), 18 3/4 x 24 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. 22 x 20 in. (canvas), 28 1/2 x 26 1/2 25 x 20 in. (canvas), 29 x 24 oil on canvas (framed) in. (framed) x 2 in. (framed) 26 x 21 in. (canvas), 28 x 23 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. (framed)

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Horace Pierce Horace Pierce Horace Pierce Horace Pierce 1916 Meeker, Colorado – 1958 1916 Meeker, Colorado – 1958 1916 Meeker, Colorado – 1958 1916 Meeker, Colorado – 1958 Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico Symphony #2 Symphony #2 Symphony #2 Symphony #2 1949–52 1949–52 1949–52 1949–52 airbrushed watercolor and gouache airbrushed watercolor and gouache on airbrushed watercolor and gouache airbrushed watercolor and gouache on on paper paper on paper paper 9 x 11 in. (sheet), 18 3/4 x 24 7/8 x 1 9 x 11 in. (sheet), 18 3/4 x 24 7/8 x 1 9 x 11 in. (sheet), 18 3/4 x 24 7/8 x 1 9 x 11 in. (sheet), 18 3/4 x 24 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (framed) 1/2 in. (framed) 1/2 in. (framed) 1/2 in. (framed)

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Horace Pierce Horace Pierce Horace Pierce 1916 Meeker, Colorado – 1958 1916 Meeker, Colorado – 1958 1916 Meeker, Colorado – 1958 Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico Symphony #2 Symphony #2 Symphony #2 1949–52 1949–52 1949–52 airbrushed watercolor and gouache on airbrushed watercolor and gouache on airbrushed watercolor and gouache on paper paper paper Emil Bisttram 9 x 11 in. (sheet), 18 3/4 x 24 7/8 x 1 9 x 11 in. (sheet), 18 3/4 x 24 7/8 x 1 9 x 11 in. (sheet), 18 3/4 x 24 7/8 x 1 1/2 1895 Nădlac, Hungary – 1976 Taos, 1/2 in. (framed) 1/2 in. (framed) in. (framed) New Mexico Symphony in White 1942 oil on canvas 42 1/2 x 33 1/4 in. (canvas)

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Horace Pierce 1916 Meeker, Colorado – 1958 Albuquerque, New Mexico video edited by Gina Lamb music by Dane Rudhyar, Stars from Pentagrams, No. 3 (1926) piano played by Sarah Cahill The Spiral Symphony in Four Movements: Birth, the Crystal, the Flower, Death 1938 video animation based on thirty watercolors on paper ( 6 3/4 x 9 in. each), duration 3:39 min.

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Florence Miller Pierce Florence Miller Pierce Florence Miller Pierce 1918 Washington, DC – 2007 1918 Washington, DC – 2007 1918 Washington, DC – 2007 Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico Blue Forms Transcendental Drawing Centrifics 1942 1944 1938 Emil Bisttram oil on canvas graphite on paper oil on canvas 1895 Nădlac, Hungary – 1976 Taos, 29 3/4 x 34 in. (canvas) 10 x 11 1/4 in. (sheet), 31 x 25 x 2 in. 36 x 32 in. (canvas) New Mexico (framed) Untitled (Spiritual Forms) 1937 mixed media on paper 11 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (sheet), 18 9/16 x 14 5/8 x 1 5/8 in. (framed)

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Lawren Harris Stuart Walker Stuart Walker William Lumpkins 1885 Brantford, Canada – 1970 Vancouver, 1904 Paint Lick, Kentucky – 1940 1904 Paint Lick, Kentucky – 1909 New Mexico – 2000 Santa Fe, New Canada Albuquerque, New Mexico 1940 Albuquerque, New Mexico Painting No. 48 Movement Mexico Untitled ca. 1938–41 ca. 1936–39 Untitled Abstraction ca. 1940 oil on masonite oil on canvas mounted on plywood ca. 1938 watercolor on paper 26 1/4 x 32 1/8 in. (board) 22 1/8 x 24 1/8 in. (plywood), oil on canvas 14 7/8 x 20 7/8 in. (sheet), 24 x 30 in. 28 x 30 x 2 in. (framed) 25 3/4 x 29 5/8 in. (canvas), (framed) 39 1/2 x 33 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (framed)

ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION To sponsor a MasterWork call Elaine Richardson 505.677.8491 or email [email protected] Page 14 SECTION SPONSORSHIP • TIME AND LIFE CYCLES • SPONSOR THE ENTIRE SECTION OF SEVEN WORKS • $2,500 In the Theosophic and esoteric belief systems studied by members of the Transcendental Painting Group, culture and history intersected with cyclical patterns of life, death, and rebirth.

Emil Bisttram Agnes Pelton Agnes Pelton Agnes Pelton 1895 Nădlac, Hungary – 1976 Taos, New 1881 Stuttgart, Germany – 1961 1881 Stuttgart, Germany 1881 Stuttgart, Germany – 1961 Cathedral City, Mexico Cathedral City, California – 1961 Cathedral City, California Upward Resurgence California Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow ca. 1940 1938 Memory 1951 oil on canvas oil on canvas 1937 oil on canvas board 50 x 50 in. (canvas) 30 x 24 in. (canvas), 39 oil on canvas 16 x 20 in. (canvas), 22 x 27 x 2 in. 1/4 x 33 1/2 x 2 in. 36 1/4 x 22 in. (canvas), (framed) (framed) 45 x 30 3/4 in. (framed)

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Florence Miller Pierce 1918 Washington, DC – 2007 Albuquerque, New Mexico Untitled Florence Miller Pierce 1952 1918 Washington, DC – 2007 Albuquerque, New Mexico oil on board The Wave 17 11/16 x 39 15/16 in. (board) 1958 sumi ink on rice paper Dane Rudhyar 22 x 32 1/2 in. (sheet), 28 1/4 x 32 1/2 in. (framed) 1895 Paris, France – 1985 San Francisco, California Dynamic Equilibrium 1946 undiluted watercolors on illustration board 27 1/2 x 18 13/16 in. (board), 39 13/16 x 29 7/8 in (framed)

ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION To sponsor a MasterWork call Elaine Richardson 505.677.8491 or email [email protected] Page 16 SECTION SPONSORSHIP • LIGHT AND THE SPIRITUAL PLANE • SPONSOR THE ENTIRE SECTION OF SEVEN WORKS • $2,500 The interest in light as subject matter was nurtured by the open desert landscapes of New Mexico and California.

Raymond Jonson Raymond Jonson Lawren Harris Lawren Harris 1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 1885 Brantford, Canada – 1885 Brantford, Canada – 1970 Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico 1970 Vancouver, Canada Vancouver, Canada Sphere Crystal (Oil No. 6) Abstract Painting, No. 95 Painting #14 1932 1939 1939 ca. 1935 oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas board 24 1/4 x 26 1/4 in. (canvas), 27 1/2 x 29 35 x 45 in. (canvas), 38 x 48 x 1 7/8 in. 56 x 46 1/2 in. (canvas) 18 x 15 in. (board), 19 x 1/4 x 2 in. (framed) (framed) 22 in. (framed)

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Agnes Pelton 1881 Stuttgart, Germany – 1961 Cathedral City, California Light Center Emil Bisttram Agnes Pelton 1947–48 1895 Nădlac, Hungary – 1976 Taos, New Mexico 1881 Stuttgart, Germany – 1961 oil on canvas The Flaming One Cathedral City, California 36 x 25 in. (canvas), 45 1/2 x 34 1/2 x 2 in. (framed) 1964 Birthday oil on canvas 1943 48 x 34 in. (canvas), 53 x 39 in. (framed) oil on canvas 38 x 22 in. (canvas), 44 1/4 x 28 1/4 in. (framed)

ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION To sponsor a MasterWork call Elaine Richardson 505.677.8491 or email [email protected] Page 18 ARTIST BIO SPONSORSHIP • DANE RUDHYAR • $500 Rudhyar was a philosopher, composer, artist, poet, novelist, and astrologer who contributed to an astonishing range of disciplines and ideas.

Dane Rudhyar 1895 Paris, France – 1985 San Francisco, California Color Harmony 1947 mixed media on crescent board 9 1/2 x 13 1/4 in. (board), 15 1/4 x 19 1/8 x 13/16 in. (framed) Dane Rudhyar 1895 Paris, France – 1985 San Francisco, California Untitled 1940 graphite on paper 19 1/2 x 12 in. (sheet), 31 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. (framed)

ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION To sponsor a MasterWork call Elaine Richardson 505.677.8491 or email [email protected] Page 19 ARTIST BIO SPONSORSHIP • WILLIAM T. LUMPKINS • $500 The only New Mexico native of the Transcendental Painting Group, Lumpkins explored an improvisatory, yet meditative approach to artmaking.

William Lumpkins 1909 New Mexico – 2000 Santa Fe, New Mexico A Painting is Conceived as the Color Flows from the Brush to the Paper 1947 watercolor on paper 6 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. (sheet), 19 3/4 x 27 in. (framed)

William Lumpkins 1909 New Mexico – 2000 Santa Fe, New Mexico Lazan 1939 watercolor on paper 21 3/8 x 9 3/4 in. (sheet), 34 x 21 5/8 in. (framed)

ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION To sponsor a MasterWork call Elaine Richardson 505.677.8491 or email [email protected] Page 20 ARTIST BIO SPONSORSHIP • WILLIAM STUART WALKER • $500 Walker developed a unique style of abstraction that brought a lyrical uplift to work by the Transcendental Painting Group.

Stuart Walker Stuart Walker Stuart Walker 1904 Paint Lick, Kentucky – 1940 1904 Paint Lick, Kentucky – 1940 1904 Paint Lick, Kentucky – 1940 Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico Composition 55 (Convergence) Composition No. 65 Composition 3A 1938 1939 1939 oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas 44 x 35 in. (canvas), 45 x 36 1/4 40 x 30 in. (canvas) 28 x 34 in. (canvas), 29 1/4 x 35 1/8 in. in. (framed) (framed)

ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION To sponsor a MasterWork call Elaine Richardson 505.677.8491 or email [email protected] Page 21 ARTIST BIO SPONSORSHIP • ROBERT CARTER GRIBBROEK • $500 The most enigmatic member of the Transcendental Painting Group, Gribbroek had an unusual life and career.

Robert Gribbroek Robert Gribbroek 1906 Rochester, New York – 1971 Taos, 1906 Rochester, New York – 1971 Taos, New Mexico New Mexico Untitled (Poppy) Beyond Civilization to Texas ca. 1938 1950 oil on canvas oil on canvas 30 1/8 x 24 1/8 in. (canvas), 34 x 28 x 1 36 x 27 in. (canvas), 46 x 37 in. (framed) 1/2 in. (framed)

ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION To sponsor a MasterWork call Elaine Richardson 505.677.8491 or email [email protected] Page 22 ARTIST BIO SPONSORSHIP • HORACE TOWNER PIERCE • $500 Horace Towner Pierce created remarkable abstractions of graph-like and spiraling geometric forms in space.

Horace Pierce Horace Pierce 1916 Meeker, Colorado – 1958 Albuquerque, 1916 Meeker, Colorado – 1958 Albuquerque, New Mexico New Mexico Untitled Horace Pierce Black Moebius ca. 1955–58 1916 Meeker, Colorado – 1958 1952 gouache on paper Albuquerque, New Mexico airbrushed watercolor and gouache on paper 18 1/2 x 16 9/16 in. (sheet), 21 5/8 x 19 1/2 x Untitled 22 5/8 x 18 3/4 in. (sheet), 31 x 25 x 2 in. 1 in. (framed) ca. 1955–58 (framed) ink on paper 20 1/16 x 10 1/4 in. (sheet), 30 5/8 x 20 1/16 x 1 1/4 in. (framed)

ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION To sponsor a MasterWork call Elaine Richardson 505.677.8491 or email [email protected] Page 23 ARTIST BIO SPONSORSHIP • FLORENCE MILLER PIERCE • $500 Her Transcendental Painting Group-related works employ diaphanous, geometric shapes and biomorphic forms that she hoped would stimulate contemplative thought.

Florence Miller Pierce 1918 Washington, DC – 2007 Albuquerque, New Mexico Florence Miller Pierce Florence Miller Pierce Untitled 1918 Washington, DC – 2007 Albuquerque, 1918 Washington, DC – 2007 1942 New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico graphite on paper Untitled Untitled 14 x 9 7/8 in. (sight), 25 1/4 x 20 3/4 in. (framed) 1942 1943 graphite on paper graphite on paper 13 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. (sight), 25 x 13 7/8 x 7 in. (sight), 21 in. (framed) 25 x 18 in. (framed)

ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION To sponsor a MasterWork call Elaine Richardson 505.677.8491 or email [email protected] Page 24 ARTIST BIO SPONSORSHIP • EDWARD WATSON GARMAN • $500 A dedicated believer in pure abstraction, Garman was a rigorous craftsman whose notions of ideal form brought a precision of thought to the Transcendental Painting Group.

Ed Garman Ed Garman Ed Garman 1914 Bridgeport, Connecticut – 2004 Imperial 1914 Bridgeport, Connecticut – 2004 1914 Bridgeport, Connecticut – 2004 Beach, California Imperial Beach, California Imperial Beach, California Chromatic Accents #312 Abstract No. 276 Abstract No. 283A ca. 1942–43 1942 1942 oil on masonite oil on masonite oil on board 36 x 36 in. (board), 39 1/4 x 39 1/4 x 1 in. 30 x 30 in. (board), 31 1/2 x 31 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. 24 x 24 in. (board), 25 1/2 x 25 1/2 in. (framed) (framed) (framed)

ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION To sponsor a MasterWork call Elaine Richardson 505.677.8491 or email [email protected] Page 25 ARTIST BIO SPONSORSHIP • LAWREN STEWART HARRIS • $500 One of Canada’s most acclaimed and adventurous painters, Harris is known primarily for his light-filled, sharply delineated mountain landscapes.

Lawren Harris Lawren Harris 1885 Brantford, Canada – 1970 1885 Brantford, Canada – 1970 Vancouver, Lawren Harris Vancouver, Canada Canada 1885 Brantford, Canada – 1970 Vancouver, Canada Painting No. 4 Painting #60 Painting #53 ca. 1939 ca. 1936 ca. 1935 oil on canvas oil on masonite oil on board 51 x 36 5/8 in. (canvas), 53 3/8 x 39 26 x 20 in. (board), 31 x 25 1/4 20 x 24 in. (board) 1/8 in. (framed) in. (framed)

ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION To sponsor a MasterWork call Elaine Richardson 505.677.8491 or email [email protected] Page 26 ARTIST BIO SPONSORSHIP • EMIL BISTTRAM • $1,000 A key Southwest modernist and cofounder of the Transcendental Painting Group, Emil Bisttram enjoyed a long and varied career.

Emil Bisttram Emil Bisttram Emil Bisttram 1895 Nădlac, Hungary – 1976 Taos, New 1895 Nădlac, Hungary – 1976 Taos, 1895 Nădlac, Hungary – 1976 Taos, New Mexico New Mexico Mexico Fantasy Psychic Sensitivity Oversoul 1939 ca. 1940 ca. 1941 oil on board graphite on paper oil on masonite 38 x 52 in. (board), 34 x 40 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. 23 3/8 x 17 3/8 in. (sheet), 29 1/4 x 35 1/2 x 26 1/2 in. (masonite), 39 x 30 x 2 in. (framed) 24 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (framed) (framed)

ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION To sponsor a MasterWork call Elaine Richardson 505.677.8491 or email [email protected] Page 27 ARTIST BIO SPONSORSHIP • RAYMOND JONSON • $1,000 Raymond Jonson was a cofounder of the Transcendental Painting Group and a critical figure in expanding Southwest art beyond landscape painting and regional subjects.

Raymond Jonson 1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 Albuquerque, New Mexico Watercolor No. 5 1942 watercolor on paper 24 x 31 in. (sheet), 26 1/4 x 34 1/4 in. (framed) Raymond Jonson 1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 Albuquerque, New Mexico Oil No. 4 1941 Raymond Jonson oil on canvas 1891 Chariton, Iowa – 1982 Albuquerque, New Mexico Casein Tempera No. 1 35 x 24 in. (canvas), 38 x 27 x 2 1939 (framed, approx.) casein on canvas 22 x 35 in. (canvas), 27 3/8 x 40 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. (framed)

ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION To sponsor a MasterWork call Elaine Richardson 505.677.8491 or email [email protected] Page 28 ARTIST BIO SPONSORSHIP • AGNES PELTON • $1,000 Pelton was a pivotal member of the Transcendental Painting Group, and her works epitomize their goals and aspirations

Agnes Pelton 1881 Stuttgart, Germany – 1961 Cathedral City, California Agnes Pelton Untitled sketchbook 1881 Stuttgart, Germany – 1961 1936–39 Cathedral City, California sketchbook, 20 illustrated pages Nurture of drawings 9 x 12 1/4 in. 1940 oil on canvas 34 3/8 x 32 1/2 in. (canvas)

Agnes Pelton 1881 Stuttgart, Germany – 1961 Cathedral City, California Voyaging 1931 oil on canvas 36 x 22 in. (canvas), 39 1/2 x 27 3/4 in. (framed) ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION To sponsor a MasterWork call Elaine Richardson 505.677.8491 or email [email protected] Page 29