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Ila Mae McAfee (October 21, 1897[1] or 1900[2] – April 18, 1995), also known as Ila McAfee Turner, was an American painter, muralist, illustrator and author. She was born in or near Gunnison, Colorado and known for her miniatures and as an animalier and muralist. She is best remembered for her paintings of horses, Western themes, landscapes, and portraits of Pueblos.

Ila McAfee
Born	(1897-10-27)October 27, 1897 Gunnison, Colorado
Died	April 18, 1995(1995-04-18) (aged 97) Pueblo, Colorado
Resting place	Santa Fe National Cemetery
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Western State Colorado University National Academy of Design Art Institute of Chicago
Known for	Painting
Spouse	Elmer Turner

McAfee studied at Western State Colorado College, at the Art Students League, the National Academy of Design[3] and with James E. McBurney in Chicago.

During the Depression McAfee created post office murals through the Section of Painting and Sculpture in Gunnison, Colorado,[4] Clifton, Texas,[5] Cordell, Oklahoma[6] and Edmond, Oklahoma.[7] As a tribute to her mother-in-law, Edith Turner, McAfee presented three murals to the public library of Greeley, Colorado, where Mrs. Turner had served as Assistant Librarian for many years.[8]

McAfee was the author and illustrator of Indians, Horses, Hills, Et Cetera[9] and the illustrator for Historic Costume: A Resume of Style and Fashion From Remote Times to the Nineteen Seventies by Katherine Morris Lester.[10]

Ila met her husband, painter Elmer Page Turner, when they were both art students in Chicago.[11] They were married in 1926 and moved to Taos, New Mexico in 1928.[12] Both are buried in the Santa Fe National Cemetery in Santa Fe, New Mexico.[13][14]

In 1981 she was designated Taos Artist of the Year.[15]

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