|
The Stone City Art Colony and School 1932-1933 Louise Garst McBroom |
||
|
Home - The Project - The Colony - The Artists - Resources - Credits |
||
|
Louise Garst McBroom (Mrs. Leland) (? -?) Louise Garst McBroom was born in Coon Rapids, Iowa and followed her art interests to Des Moines, where she studied at the Cumming School of Art; later travels to Colorado Springs (CO) afforded additional art classes. Garst helped found the Art Students Work Shop in Des Moines, an organization affiliated with the local art association and directed by Lowell Houser and Adrian Dornbush, other Stone City colony members. McBroom received prizes from Iowa art groups -- first prize from the Des Moines Women's Club (1930) for "Young Woman Peeling an Apple" and first prize (1934) from the Iowa Artists Club for "Late Summer." McBroom attended the Stone City colony and garnered much attention in statewide competitions. She created a portait of her father, Warren Garst, Iowa governor from 1902-1908, for the portrait gallery of the Iowa Historical Building, Des Moines. She served as state director of WPA programs from 1936-1937. It is presumed that Garst's family is that of Elizabeth and Roswell Garst, owners of the Garst Farm Resort in Coon Rapids, Iowa and hosts to the world-famous visit of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in September 1959. Details on McBroom's life after 1939 have not been documented. |
|
|
|
|
When Tillage Begins: The Stone
City Art Colony and School Researcher & Author: Kristy Raine |
|