Hellä Broeske-Shattuck Oil Painting "Time of Aspens, New Mexico", 1960

Item Details

Hellä Broeske-Shattuck (American, New Mexico, 1906 – 1994)
Time of Aspens, New Mexico, 1960
Oil painting on wood panel
Signed to the lower right and to verso
Inscriptions to panel verso and frame backing paper

Hellä Broeske-Shattuck was an American artist born to Finnish immigrant parents in South Dakota. Growing up, her family moved around the Upper Midwest, and she trained as a classical concert pianist before beginning her artistic study with Clyde Leon Keller after a move to Portland, Oregon. In 1934, she drove by motorcycle from Portland to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she quickly established herself in the local art scene. Broeske-Shattuck was named ‘Future Artist of New Mexico’ in 1938, and she spent many years travelling around the state and immersing herself in the local Hispanic and Native American cultures and both feature prominently in her paintings. She lived for a time at Laguna Pueblo and spent time as an artist in residence at Isleta Pueblo, where she met her second husband. The couple spent time in Taos, residing in the ‘Pink House’ under the patronage of Mabel Dodge Luhan, and eventually settled in Albuquerque. Hellä Broeske-Shattuck’s work is held at the New Mexico State Museum, The Finnish-American Heritage Center, and Mary Washington College, as well as in private collections worldwide.

Condition

- slight discoloration and accretion to painting surface; scratches and wear to frame; tears to backing paper, with additional tape repair to cuts where paper was opened to examine painting verso.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible image 6.25" W x 5.5" H.

Item #

ITMG262222