Bookmark this page or copy and paste URL to Email message Original drawings of Hazel McFeely Fontana 1961-1962AZ 219
Biographical NoteHazel McFeely Fontana was an Arizona artist who was born in 1931 in Yuba City, California. Her father was an orchard farmer and at an early age she learned to do budding and grafting on the fruit and nut trees. Hazel was valedictorian of her high class and graduated with honors from the University of California, Berkeley with majors in art and literature. In 1954 she married her high school sweetheart Bernard “Bunny” Fontana. She was talented in multiple media artist; making detailed pencil drawings of missions, re-creating lush landscapes out of vibrant opaque watercolors, infusing ink-and-paper sketches with Asian influences, silk-screening greeting cards and combining the styles of African tribal artists with the disjointed geometrics of Picasso when she painted self-portraits. Hazel Fontana died in 2009. Scope and Content Note60 original pen and ink drawings for Edward H. Spicer's Cycles of Conquest, published by the University of Arizona Press, 1962. Includes some drawings not used in the published work. Chiefly Southwest and Native American subjects including pottery, homes, people, and scenery. ArrangementThis collection is organized into one seriesRestrictionsRestrictionsThere are no restrictions on the collection CopyrightIt is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright. Related MaterialBernard Fontana Papers, MS 434 Access TermsPersonal Name(s) Fontana, Hazel McFeely, 1931- Spicer, Edward Holland, 1906- -- 1906--Cycles of conquest. Geographic Name(s) Southwest, New--History--Pictorial works. Subject(s) Indians of North America--Arizona--Pictorial works. Administrative InformationCredit LineOriginal drawings of Hazel McFeely Fontana,(AZ 219). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries. | ||||||||||||||||||