ALLEN TRUE WAS A FAMILY MAN Victoria Tupper Kirby says her grandfather taught her to fly fish, play chess and draw horses. She recalls less about his work in the studio than she does about True gently training the family dog. “He was a very patient man, my grandfather, with children and animals,” she says. But […]
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Allen True’s West: New touring show celebrates Western art “Allen True’s West” When: Through Jan. 9 Where: Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St. Admission: $10, $8.50 seniors, military personnel with ID and students, members free; 634-5583, csfineartscenter.org Something else: From 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Victoria Tupper Kirby, co-author of “Allen Tupper True: An […]
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Allen True’s West opened on November 12, 2010, and will run through January 9, 2011, in the El Pomar Gallery of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Museum, 30 West Dale Street in Colorado Springs, CO. A well-attended opening reception was held on November 11 from 5-7 pm, followed by an illustrated talk and book […]
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Victoria Tupper Kirby was invited by Black Cat Books in Manitou Springs (about 15 minutes from Colorado Springs, CO), to sign copies of her grandfather’s biography on Saturday, November 13, from 2-4 pm. Kirby, coauthor with her mother Jere True of Allen Tupper True: An American Artist, was in the area for the opening of […]
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Victoria Kirby will give an illustrated talk about the life and work of her grandfather Allen Tupper True at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 30 West Dale Street in Colorado Springs, on Thursday, November 11, 2010, at 7 pm as part of the opening events of Allen True’s West, a touring exhibition of forty-two works, […]
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KBDI-PBS, Denver’s television station that produced the documentary Allen True’s West, has officially changed its name to CPT12 – Colorado Public Television. The station has also changed the link to view the hour-long video Allen True’s West. It is now: http://video.cpt12.org/video/1393935081 If the video does not immediately appear, click in the black area and the video […]
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The Children’s Hospital of Denver is having Allen True’s delightful Indian Women on Bank of Stream and Indian Women at Rest restored by the Western Center for the Conservation of Fine Art. When restoration is completed, the two murals will again be displayed at the Hospital. The Children’s Hospital also is exploring ways to fully […]
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On Thursday, July 8, 2010, at 6 pm, the Nicolaysen Art Museum, 400 E. Collins Drive in Casper, WY, will co-present with Hilltop National Bank “The Conservation and Restoration of Allen True’s Murals,” a lecture by Carmen F. Bria, Jr., Director and Chief Conservator at the Western Center for the Conservation of Fine Arts in […]
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Tom Noel, professor of history at the University of Colorado Denver reviewed Allen Tupper True: An American Artist for the Center for Colorado & the West’s website. Below is his review: Center for Colorado & the West at Auraria Library Published on coloradowest.auraria.edu (http://coloradowest.auraria.edu) Allen Tupper True: An American Artist Author : Jere True and […]
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