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While living in Italy as a small child DeGrazia was exposed to the art of the Catholic Church. Altho

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In 1952, DeGrazia built the Mission in the Sun as the first building constructed on the property in

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As time went on and DeGrazia’s success exploded, a demand for his art reached an all time high. In 1

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Southwestern artist Ted DeGrazia was fascinated by the beauty and lore of the Superstition Mountains

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The third of seven children, Ettore “Ted” DeGrazia was born in the Arizona mining camp of Morenci in

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DeGrazia shared dual passions for art and music. Growing up in the copper-mining camp of Morenci, De

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DeGrazia started making endless excursions to the Superstition Wilderness Area in the late 1940s thr

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DeGrazia enrolled at the University of Arizona where he supported himself planting trees on campus b

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During his time in Bisbee, Arizona, in the early 1940’s, DeGrazia became quite the businessman.  How

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From 1958 to 1962 DeGrazia created 63 paintings for Hallmark giving them exclusive rights to create

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In the early 50’s the DeGrazia’s started working on ceramics, this is when Ted perfected

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The Yaqui Deer Dance is most prominent during the Easter season. The deer dancer wears a shawl wrapp

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After returning to Tucson from his internship with Diego Rivera in Mexico, DeGrazia found that no ga

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DeGrazia said, “I wanted to do a crown. But a crown is associated with kings and queens, prince and

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In the 1940’s DeGrazia’s post-Impressionist style began to evolve with a visit to Tahiti to st

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In the early 1950’s DeGrazia built a small adobe mission in the foothills of Tucson’s Santa Catalina

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