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Transcendental Painting Group Much of Pelton’s work is inspired by her interest in Agni Yoga and its principal focus on fire as a guiding force. Because of this and other esoteric interests, Pelton w…

Abstraction Agnes Pelton: Desert Transcendentalist focuses on the artist’s abstract work that emerged in the 1920s. The Ray Serene (1925) is the earliest of these works. Inspired by the formal techni…

Later Work and Legacy By the 1950s, Pelton’s health was failing, and on March 13, 1961, she passed away from liver cancer. Leaving no immediate heirs, her belongings were distributed to her cousins. …

Agnes Pelton: Desert Transcendentalist Agnes Pelton: Desert Transcendentalist is the first major exhibition of the under-recognized American modernist painter since the exhibition at Palm Springs Art…

Origins Agnes Pelton was born to American parents in Stuttgart, Germany. Pelton (1881–1961) and her family briefly lived in Basel, Switzerland, before returning to the United States in 1888. She grad…

Family+ Presented as part of our Public Programming offerings, every third Sunday of the month artists, creatives, makers, and musicians will produce activities and workshops throughout the museum. F…

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