Willard Nash
Illustration — Fremont Ellis (L) and Willard Nash (R) in Canyoncito, NM in 1920 • Willard Nash was an American artist best known for being a member of Los Cinco Pintores. Willard Ayer Nash (1898 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 1943 in Albuquerque) grew up in Detroit, Michigan. In Detroit he studied art with John P. Wicker and became successful as a commercial artist.
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Willard Nash
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- 1898 · Philadelphia.
- Died
- 1943 · Albuquerque.
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- United States
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- painter
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Illustration — Fremont Ellis (L) and Willard Nash (R) in Canyoncito, NM in 1920 • Willard Nash was an American artist best known for being a member of Los Cinco Pintores. Willard Ayer Nash (1898 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 1943 in Albuquerque) grew up in Detroit, Michigan. In Detroit he studied art with John P. Wicker and became successful as a commercial artist.
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Also worked under the name Nash, Willard Ayer. Born at Philadelphia in 1898, died in Albuquerque in 1943.
Work by Willard Nash is recorded in the collections of New Mexico Museum of Art and The Owings Gallery.
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