Margarete Bagshaw facts for kids
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Margarete Bagshaw
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Margarete Terrazas
November 11, 1964 |
| Died | March 19, 2015 (aged 50) |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Margarete Bagshaw-Tindel |
| Occupation | Artist |
Margarete Bagshaw (born November 11, 1964 – died March 19, 2015) was a talented American artist. She was famous for her beautiful paintings and pottery. Margarete came from the Tewa people of the Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico.
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Early Life
Margarete Bagshaw was born on November 11, 1964. She grew up in a family of artists. Her mother was the artist Helen Hardin, and her grandmother was the famous Santa Clara Pueblo artist Pablita Velarde.
Margarete spent most of her life in New Mexico, living in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. When she was a young child, she also lived for several years in Colombia and Guatemala with her mother.
She got married at age 19 to Greg Tindel. He was a master framer. Margarete did not start making her own art until 1990. She was 26 years old and expecting her second child. Greg encouraged her to share her artwork. Margarete became more confident after people liked her art.
Becoming an Artist
In 2006, Margarete moved to the United States Virgin Islands. She lived there with her second husband, Dan McGuinness. She helped start ISW Studios, a place for recording music and multimedia. Even in the Virgin Islands, she kept painting. She sent her artworks back to New Mexico.
The couple returned to New Mexico in 2009. From 2009 to 2015, they owned the Golden Dawn Gallery. This was an art gallery in New Mexico.
Her Museum and Books
In 2012, Margarete Bagshaw helped create the Pablita Velarde Museum of Indian Women. This museum was in Santa Fe. It honored her grandmother's art and other Native American women artists. Sadly, the museum closed in 2015 after Margarete passed away.
Also in 2012, Margarete wrote her own book. It was called Teaching My Spirit to Fly. In this book, she shared stories about growing up in a family of famous artists. She also wrote about her life as an artist and her business experiences.
Margarete Bagshaw passed away on March 19, 2015. She was 50 years old. She died after becoming ill.
Art Shows and Exhibitions
Margarete Bagshaw's art was shown in many big museum exhibitions. She had more than a dozen major shows. Some of these were at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in Indiana. Her art was also shown at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in New Mexico. Other places included the Hamden Museum in Virginia. She also had shows at the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History.
In 2008, Margarete spoke at the Lakeview Museum in Illinois. This was for a special collection of her art. In 2010, she had a solo show at the Smoki Museum in Arizona. A solo show means only her art was displayed.
In 2012, she had another solo exhibition. It was called Margarete Bagshaw: Breaking the Rules. This show was at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. In 2013, the The Color of Oil: Paintings by Margarete Bagshaw exhibition took place. It was held at the Ellen Noël Art Museum.
In 2016, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture honored Margarete. They had an exhibition that included her work. It also featured art by Josephine Myers-Wapp and Jeri Ah-be-hill.
In 2019, the Blue Rain Gallery in Santa Fe held a special exhibition. It showed art from four generations of this painting family. The show was called Pablita Velarde, Helen Hardin, Margarete Bagshaw and Helen K. Tindel: A Painting Dynasty From The Land of Enchantment.
Sharing Her Knowledge
Margarete Bagshaw also gave talks about her art. In 2011, she spoke at a conference in Santa Fe. She talked about how Native traditions influenced her modern art. Also in 2011, she was a speaker for Women's History Month. This talk was at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C.
Family Life
Margarete married Greg Tindel in 1984. They had two children together: Forrest Tindel and Helen K. Tindel. Her daughter, Helen K. Tindel, also became a painter. Margarete and Greg later divorced.
Her second marriage was to Dan McGuinness. They stayed together until her death in 2015.
