Folk Art Journey: Florence D. Bartlett and the Museum of International Folk Art Museum of International Folk Art development and appreciation of flamenco

development and appreciation of flamenco as a highly respected art form on the world stage

In recent decades religious practices that were preserved in hiding for centuries have become more widely known

Hills Before Taos

His earliest color woodcuts date from 1906

Folk Art Journey: Florence D. Bartlett and the Museum of International Folk Art Museum of International Folk Art development and appreciation of flamencoFlorence Dibell Bartlett (1881 1953) founded the world's first international folk art museum, today the world's largest. The Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe is where this cultural leader from Chicago made manifest her belief that folk art is the bond between the peoples of the world. The Bartletts were a prominent Chicago family of businessmen and civic leaders. Three of four siblings made public gifts through art, including Frederic Clay