She interacted with notables such as Edgar L Hewett, Mary Cabot Wheelwright, Jesse Nusbaum, and Kenneth Chapman and artists including Gustave Baumann, Georgia OKeeffe, Will Shuster, and John Sloan. Rush was one of the first women to join the Santa Fe Art Colony. She helped create a technique for true fresco painting and was hired as a WPA muralist, embarking on a period of public art projects. Rushs painting style over the years evolved from realistic to abstract and by the end of her career she was a modernist. There she painted, showed her work, and hosted many visitors from near and far. After a successful career as an illustrator and artist and traveling the world, Rush settled in Santa Fe, where she bought an old adobe farmhouse on Canyon Road, at the age of forty-seven. Born in Indiana to Quaker parents, she left home at sixteen to attend college and later, art school. This engaging biography brings light to the life, art, and extraordinary contributions of Olive Rush (1873-1966), artist, illustrator, muralist, Native American art educator, and social reformer.
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