Rush, Olive, 1873-1966
Muralist, Painter, Portrait painter, Illustrator
The papers of Olive Rush in the Archives of American Art were digitized in 2006. The papers have been scanned in their entirety, and total 9,064 images.
Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Size: 6.3 Linear feet
Summary: The papers of Olive Rush measure 6.3 linear feet and date from 1879 to 1967. They contain correspondence, artwork, photographs, writings, and other personal papers documenting Rush's education and career as an illustrator, portraitist, muralist, painter, teacher, and promoter of Native American art.
Olive Rush was born in Fairmount, Indiana in 1875 to a Quaker farm family of six children, and attended nearby Earlham College, a Quaker school with a studio art program. Encouraged by her teacher, Rush enrolled in the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. in 1890, where she stayed for two years and achieved early recognition for her work. In 1893, Rush joined the Indiana delegation of artists to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Read More
Olive Rush donated the bulk of her papers to the Archives of American Art in 1963 and 1964. Additional exhibition catalogs and photographs were added to the collection upon her death in 1966. An anonymous donation of diaries, sketchbooks, and a photograph was received by the Archives in 1970. Also in 1970, the Olive Rush Memorial Studio lent papers for microfilming. Many, but not all, of the loaned materials were later donated.
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The papers of Olive Rush in the Archives of American Art were digitized in 2006. The papers have been scanned in their entirety, and total 9,064 images.
Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
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