{"id":1040,"date":"2014-10-09T14:47:46","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T21:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allentuppertrueanamericanartist.com\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2014-10-09T14:59:03","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T21:59:03","slug":"allen-trues-west-opened-at-colorado-springs-fine-arts-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allentuppertrueanamericanartist.com\/?p=1040","title":{"rendered":"“Allen True’s West” Opened at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

The touring exhibition <\/span>Allen True\u2019s West <\/em>opened on November 12, 2010, and will run through January 9, 2011, in the El Pomar Gallery of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Museum, 30 West Dale Street in Colorado Springs, CO. Victoria Tupper Kirby and her sister Joan True McKibben, both granddaughters of Allen True, attended the opening reception that was held on November 11 from 5-7 pm, followed by an illustrated talk and book signing from 7-8 pm by Victoria, co-author with her mother Jere True of the biography <\/span>Allen Tupper True: An American Artist<\/em>. <\/span>Please click on the thumbnail photos to get the full image<\/strong>.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Joan and Victoria visited the True family grave site in the Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs. They learned that in addition to their grandfather, Allen True\u2019s father Henry, his uncle Ira, his eldest son Frank and his first wife Donna Lea, as well as their two infant sons are buried there. In addition, Allen\u2019s two sisters Margaret and Katherine and their husbands are buried in the plot.<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Here is a series of photographs taken by Victoria Kirby during her week in Denver (September 28-October 4) to give a book talk at the Tattered Cover bookstore in downtown Denver, and to the attend the premiere of the PBS special on her grandfather Allen Tupper True and openings of the three exhibitions of his work and life at the Denver Art Museum, Denver Main Public Library and Colorado History Museum. Please click on the thumbnail photos to get the full image.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The last two photos were taken by Bruce Quackenbush of True murals in one of the entrances to the Quest building in Denver (formerly the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph building).<\/p>\n

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Several of True’s murals are shown in the entrance lobby of the Quest building in Denver.<\/p><\/div>\n

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