Willard Nash

Willard Ayer Nash (1898 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 1943 in Albuquerque) grew up in Detroit, Michigan.

In Detroit he studied art with John P. Wicker and became successful as a commercial artist.

[1] He moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1920 and became friends with the other modernist artists in the area.

[3] He moved to California in 1936, teaching in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

[4] He contributed to, and lived in, the Camino del Monte Sol Historic District in Santa Fe, New Mexico, living at 566 Camino del Monte Sol.

Fremont Ellis (L) and Willard Nash (R) in Canyoncito, NM in 1920