Pelton, Agnes, 1881-1961

Painter; Cathedral City, Calif.

Pelton grew up in New York and established a studio on Long Island before moving west and settling in Cathedral City, Calif. in 1931. Pelton, who exhibited in the 1913 Armory Show, is enjoying a revival of interst in her symbolist work. Her paintings include transcendentals/abstracts, florals, and representational desert landscapes. Pelton was one of the founders of the Transcendental Painting Group formed in New Mexico in 1939. These letters document thrirty years of her life in the Palm Springs area as well as her friendship with Jane Levington Comfort.

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