Louise Emerson Ronnebeck

Louise Emerson Ronnebeck
Born25 August 1901 Edit this on Wikidata
Philadelphia Edit this on Wikidata
Died17 February 1980 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 78)
Denver Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater
OccupationPainter, muralist Edit this on Wikidata
Employer
Spouse(s)Arnold Rönnebeck Edit this on Wikidata
Websitehttp://www.louiseronnebeck.com/ Edit this on Wikidata

Louise Emerson Ronnebeck (25 August 1901 – 17 February 1980) was an American painter now best known for her work as a muralist.[1] She submitted entries to 16 competitions for the Section of Painting and Sculpture, winning and completing two commissions. Although her body of work included a significant number of both commissioned frescoes as well as easel paintings, few are known to have survived.[2][3]

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Emerson grew up in New York. She married artist Arnold Ronnebeck (1885–1947) in 1926 and they settled in Denver, Colorado. In Denver and later in Bermuda she built up a successful career as an artist and teacher. Through her work in the 1930s and 1940s, she documented western American history and social issues.[4]

  1. ^ Kovinick, Phil (1998). An encyclopedia of women artists of the American West (1st ed.). Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292790636.
  2. ^ "Revolt, They Said". andreageyer.info. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Cuba was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Fahlman, Betsy (2001). "Louise Emerson Rönnebeck: A New Deal Artist of the American West". Woman's Art Journal. 22 (2): 12–18. doi:10.2307/1358897. ISSN 0270-7993. JSTOR 1358897.