construction worker and farmer who are depicted in his numerous murals and easel paintings. Brown Palace Hotel Murals In 1931 True began discussing creating a series of transportation themed murals with Charles Boettcher, then the owner of the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver. However True was having a difficult time finding a space to work in, but eventually found a studio that he could use in the Corcoran School of Art in Washington D.C., where he had studied years earlier. It was while doing these works that he discovered that he was allergic to turpentine, and this allowed him to clear up a long-standing skin problem that he had suffered from for many years by never painting with oils again. His two murals, Stagecoach Travel and Airplane Travel were installed in 1937. Exhibits True had his first one-man show in Denver in November 1908 and his second and third exhibition of paintings at the Denver Public Library in 1910 and 1912. From 1913–1923, exhibitions of his work traveled to over 21 cities across the United States. In 1931, True's murals for Denver's Mountain Telephone & Telegraph building were exhibited at the Architectural and Allied Arts Exposition in New York City. In 1947, the Denver Art Museum showed a collection of True's mural studies and easel paintings. An easel painting was included in The Western Legend exhibit at Kennedy Galleries in New York City in 1956. Denver Art Museum's Petrie Institute of Western American Art, Denver Public Library's Western History/Genealogy Department, and the Colorado History Museum, mounted a three-part retrospective exhibition, titled Allen True's West, featuring True's illustrations, easel paintings and murals from October 2009 through March 30, 2010. A smaller combined exhibition toured to three U. S. museums. Denver's Colorado Public Television – KBDI-PBS produced an hour-long documentary on Allen Tupper True's life, times and artistic achievements, also titled Allen True’s West, which began airing in October 2009 and also is available on DVD. True's portrait of Abraham Lincoln is in the collection of the Huntington Library in San Marino, California, and is usually on exhibit. Further reading Allen Tupper True: An American Artist, True, Jere & Victoria Tupper Kirby, San Francisco, Canyon Leap and Museum of the Rockies, 2009 The Allen Tupper True and True Family Papers, 1841- 1987, Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Art Allen True's West, Peter H. Hassrick, American Art Review, Vol. XXI, No. 6, 2009.