True, Allen Tupper, 1881-1955
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Mural painter, illustrator; Denver, Colo.; b. 1881; d. 1955.
Studied at the University of Denver, the Corcoran School of Art, 1901-1902, and with Howard Pyle, 1902-1908. From approximately 1913-1915, True worked with Frank Brangwyn, assisting him in the execution of murals at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. True specialized in Western themes, and his most notable murals decorate the state capitol buildings of Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, and Wyoming. From 1934-1945, True acted as consultant for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, in charge of and designing all decoration and color schemes for the Boulder Dam power plant, Grand Coulee Dam, and the Shasta Dam, among others.
From the description of Allen Tupper True and True family papers, 1841-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78587862
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Subjects:
- Adobe churches
- Artists' studios
- Church buildings
- Cliff-dwellers
- Hopi art
- Hopi pottery
- Illustrators
- Indians in art
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America
- Mountains
- Muralists
- Mural painting and decoration, American
- Painting, American
- Painting, American
- Prairies in art
- Women and religion
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- Taos (N.M.) (as recorded)
- Colorado--Denver (as recorded)
- New Mexico (as recorded)
- New Mexico (as recorded)
- New Mexico--Taos (as recorded)
- West (U.S.) (as recorded)
