The New Yorker: color-drenched mysticism of the American painter Agnes Pelton

The times have caught up to the color-drenched mysticism of the American painter Agnes Pelton (1881-1961). The times have caught up to the color-drenched mysticism of the American painter Agnes Pelton (1881-1961), who chose to work outside the mainstream throughout her career—first near the ocean in Water Mill, New York, and then in the arid climate of Cathedral City, California, near Palm Springs. The Whitney reintroduces her lucent œuvre in “Agnes Pelton: Desert Transcendentalist.” Read the full article →

Agnes Pelton Flowering, 1929.