Rebecca Salsbury James | |
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Born | Rebecca Salsbury December 21, 1891 London, England |
Died | July 8, 1968 | (aged 76)
Nationality | American |
Education | Self taught |
Known for | Painting on glass, colcha embroidery |
Movement | Modernism |
Spouse(s) | Paul Strand; Bill James |
Rebecca Salsbury James (1891–1968) was a self-taught American painter, born in London, England of American parents who were traveling with the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show.[1] She settled in New York City, where she married photographer Paul Strand. Following her divorce from Strand, James moved to Taos, New Mexico where she fell in with a group that included Mabel Dodge Luhan, Dorothy Brett, and Frieda Lawrence.[2][unreliable source?] In 1937 she married William James, a businessman from Denver, Colorado who was then operating the Kit Carson Trading Company in Taos. She remained in Taos until her death in 1968.[3]
James is noted for her “large scale flower blossoms and still lifes painted on glass." She also worked on colcha embroidery, a traditional Hispanic New Mexico craft style.[4][5]