Nationality American Known for Lithography, painting | Name Kenneth Adams Died 1966 | |
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Born August 6, 1897 ( 1897-08-06 ) Topeka, KS Alma mater Art Institute of Chicago; Art Student's League Style Representational realism Movement Taos Society of Artists Elected Academician, National Academy of Design Education Art Students League of New York | ||
Kenneth Miller Adams (1897 Topeka, Kansas – 1966) was an American artist.
He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League. He served in the U.S. Army in World War I. In 1924, he moved to Taos, New Mexico. He was a member of the Taos Society of Artists. In 1933, he worked for the Treasury Relief Art Project and the Public Works of Art Project, federal arts programs of the United States Department of the Treasury. In 1937 he was commissioned by the Section of Painting and Sculpture to create murals for the U.S. post offices in Goodland, Kansas, and Deming, New Mexico.
In 1938, he moved to Albuquerque when he was awarded a Carnegie Corporation grant as the first artist-in-residence at the University of New Mexico. He later taught at the University of New Mexico until he retired in 1963. In 1961, he was elected to the National Academy of Design. He was commissioned by Zimmerman, president of the University to create a mural called The Three Peoples for the library, though it has been criticized as being racist.
His work is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, New Mexico Museum of Art, Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Anschutz collection, the Fred Jones Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma. His papers are held at the Archives of American Art.