New Mexico Art History
with an emphasis on representational art
(above: Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953), Fireside, c. 1900, oil on canvas, on loan to the San Diego Museum of Art. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
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American Jewelry from New Mexico is a 2018 exhibit at the Albuquerque Museum which says: "Rather than focus on a single culture group, individual artist, time period, or medium as have most jewelry exhibitions and publications, American Jewelry from New Mexico tells the stories of diverse heritages simultaneously, as artists live, in concert, trade, and adaptation with their neighbors" Accessed 8/18
The Artistic Odyssey of Higinio V. Gonzales: A Tinsmith & Poet in Territorial New Mexico is a 2015-16 exhibit at the Albuquerque Museum which says: "After more than a century of obscurity, art historian and tinsmith Maurice Dixon discovers that a New Mexican artisan, formerly known only as the Valencia Red and Green Tinsmith, is actually Higinio V. Gonzales, a prolific and bilingual 19th-century educator, artisan, poet, and musician." Also see City of Albuquerque GOVTV video. Accessed 2/17
Artists from New Mexico in Wikipedia. Accessed August, 2015.
Awa Tsireh: Pueblo Painter and Metalsmith is a 2017 exhibit at the Heard Museum which says: "This exhibit explores the paintings and metalworks of San Ildefonso artist Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal)." Accessed 7/18
In the Brinton Museum 2017 Spring/Summer Newsletter, Volume 18, Number 1 read an article about Catharine C.Critcher (1868-1964), a member of the Taos Society of Artists.
The Carved Line: Block Printmaking in New Mexico is a 2017 exhibit at the Albuquerque Museum which says: "This exhibition includes prints by internationally known New Mexico artists including Gustave Baumann, Willard Clark, Howard Cook, Betty Hahn, T.C. Cannon, Fritz Scholder, Frederick O'Hara, Melanie Yazzie, Adja Yunkers and previously unpublished works by other artists such as Tesuque Pueblo artist Juan Pino, Margaret Herrera Chávez, Tina Fuentes, Yoshiko Shimano, Ruth Connely, Leon Loughridge, and Scott Parker." Accessed 2/17
Dorothy Peterson: Painting New Mexico is a 2017 exhibit at the Roswell Museum and Art Center which says: "From landscapes to still life, Peterson's paintings span a range of subject matter, underscoring her mastery of this challenging medium. What all these works share, however, is a love for the history, geography and cultures of New Mexico." Accessed 8/17
Everyday People: The Photography of Clarence E. Redman is a 2018 exhibit at the Albuquerque Museum which says: "The Redman collection from Photo Archives captures the everyday life of people in Albuquerque in the 1940s and 1950s." Also see photos in New Mexico Digital Collections Accessed 12/18
Embroidered History: Colchas and the Stitch that Defined a Region is a 2019 exhibit at the Harwood Museum, University of New Mexico hich says: "Spanning continents and centuries, the Northern New Mexican colcha is a journey of craft, culture, and geopolitics that is defined by the hands of New Mexican women. Colchas are embroidered textiles or blankets whose origins have been traced as far back as the 16th-century when New Mexico was New Spain, and expeditions packed with Iberian textiles were making their way up the Rio Grande Valley." Also see 37 minute video Colcha Circle: A stitch in Northern New Mexico Culture Accessed 11/19
Harold Joe Waldrum: Las Sombras is a 2019 exhibit at the Tucson Museum of Art which says: "Harold Joe Waldrum (1934-2003) was a painter, etcher, photographer, author, and teacher, as well as an activist for the preservation of historic churches." Also see artist website Accessed 1/20
The Harwood Collection: Work by Women is a 2018 exhibit at the Harwood Museum of the University of New Mexico which says: "This is a museum-wide exhibition of art by women in the collections of the Harwood Museum of Art. The artists in Work by Women are pioneers. They are stewards of the living legacy of Taos Arts, described by Harwood director Richard Tobin as "a complex narrative shaped over centuries by the confluence of Native American, Hispano and Anglo cultures against the towering landscape of Taos."" Also see entry in Beyond Taos blog Accessed 3/18
"How the Santa Fe Art Colony Began." by Suzanne Deats, from Collector's Guide. Accessed August, 2015.
How the West Is One: The Art of New Mexico, an exhibit held April 20, 2007 - February 19, 2012 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe. Includes audio. Accessed March, 2015.
The Leekya Family: Master Carvers of Zuni Pueblo is a 2017 exhibit at the Albuquerque Museum which says: "Marketed primarily by regional Indian art traders around the area of Gallup, New Mexico, Leekya Deyuse (known as Leekya) emerged in the early- to mid- 1900s as Zuni Pueblo's most famous commercial carver." Also see 6/17/17 article in Albuquerque Journal. Accessed 8/17
Los Cinco Pintores from taospainters.com. Accessed August, 2015.
Los Ochos Pintores from AskArt.com. Accessed August, 2015.
Looking Back: Interactions, an exhibit held January 25 through May 12, 2002 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe. Accessed March, 2015
Mabel Dodge Luhan and the Remarkable Women of Taos by Darlene Dueck, curator for The Anschutz Collection, from The Mabel Dodge Luhan House. Accessed August, 2015
Nora Naranjo Morse: Gathering Ground is a 2019 exhibit at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College which says: "Throughout her career as a sculptor, Nora Naranjo Morse has confronted contradictions between what she knows as a Kha P?o (Santa Clara Pueblo) woman and what she observes in the world. As a young artists, she began to move away from working on traditional pottery when she understood how the art market commodified Pueblo culture. Naranjo Morse took up the role of cultural critic, addressing the impact of Westernization within her Tewa community." Accessed 2/20
"'New Deal' Art in New Mexico, by Kathryn Flynn, from Collector's Guide. Accessed August, 2015.
New Mexico (sampling of artists and works connected to state) from askArt. Accessed August, 2015.
New Mexico Art Tells New Mexico History, a website from the New Mexico Museum of Art. Inlcudes themes with images of artworks and artist biographies. Accessed March, 2015.
New Mexico State Capitol Art Collection from Collector's Guide. Accessed August, 2015.
Russell Lee's FSA photography in New Mexico is a 2019 exhibit at the New Mexico Museum of Art which says: "Photographer Russell Lee created some of his finest work while traveling the United States for the Farm Security Administration. Among the communities he documented in New Mexico were Hobbs, Holman, Peñasco, Taos, Wagon Mound, and Quemado." Accessed 12/19
"Santa Fe 400th: Creative to our core."by Douglas Fairfield, art historian, educator, and former curator for the Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, was published online in The Santa Fe New Mexican, website August 1, 2010. The article discusses New Mexico art history from prehistoric rock art to more recent times. Accessed August, 2015.
Southwestern Allure: The Art of the Santa Fe Art Colony, held October 8, 2013 - December 29, 2013 at the Boca Museum of Art, and subsequently held from April 25, 2014 - July 27, 2014 at the New Mexico Museum of Art. Accessed August, 2015.
The Taos Municipal Schools Historic Art Collection, an exhibit held September 21, 2013 - January 26, 2014 at the Harwood Museum of Art, University of New Mexico. Includes 85-page .pdf file describinbg the collection. Accessed January, 2015.
Painters in Taos, New Mexico Prior to 1940 from askArt. Accessed August, 2015
Picturing Passion: Artists Interpret the Penitente Brotherhood is a 2019 exhibit at the New Mexico Museum of Art which says: "The exhibition illustrates how artists who were new to the Southwest in the early part of the 20th century looked to Moradas, Penitente processions, traditions, and material culture as source material for their work and as a distinctive feature of New Mexican culture." Accessed 12/19
Taos Moderns is a 2016-17 exhibit at the Albuquerque Museum, which says:"Confluence of cultures and perspectives in Taos seen in Albuquerque Museum's exhibition of works on paper.... Modernism was a cultural movement that triumphed by the middle of the last century. It prioritized personal experience, social consciousness, awareness of essential impulses, and novelty of form and expression. The works in Taos Moderns demonstrate various ways such issues were addressed." Accessed 11/16 Also see Taos Moderns from Harwood Museum. Accessed 11/16
Tesoros de Devoción (Treasures of Devotion) is a website presented by New Mexico History Museum, a division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. It features devotional objects created in New Mexico and biographical information on the artists who created them. The site contains three interpretative videos, a curriculum and other texts. Accessed March, 2015. Accessed March, 2015.
Thinking New Mexico: A Centennial Exhibition, an exhibit held May 25 - September 1, 2012 at New Mexico State University Art Gallery, Williams Hall. Includes Thinking New Mexico: 1912-2012, an exhibit catalog in .pdf form. Accessed March, 2015.
The Taos Society of Artists by Ernest L. Blumenschein, (via Google Books: full view) Original from Harvard University, The American Magazine of Art, By American Federation of Arts , published 1916, v.8 (1916-1917). Digitized Jul 2, 2007. Accessed August, 2015.
Virgil Ortiz: Revolution - Rise Against the Invasion is a 2018 exhibit at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College which says: "Ortiz's Revolt storyline transports the viewer back more than 300 years to the historical events of the 1680 Pueblo Revolt, and then hurtles forward through time to the year of 2180 -- introducing a cast of characters along the way." Also see artist's website. Accessed 11/18
We Lead, Others Follow is a 2021 exhibit at the Albuquerque Museum which says: "Here, women at the helm of photography studios were tenacious, exhibiting their work at World's Fairs and being celebrated by photography organizations. They survived tumultuous decades when the economy was affected by world wars, depression, and disease. They made a good living, supporting their families through their photography and lasting longer in the business world than many of their male counterparts. They were determined to not only make their mark, but serve as a guiding light. They knew that their ultimate success relied upon the passing on of their experience and knowledge to other women." Accessed 12/21
Women Artist Pioneers of New Mexico, by Dottie Indyke. from Collector's Guide. Accessed August, 2015.
The Albuquerque
Museum posted in 2016 a 9 min video interview of Curator of Art Andrew
Connors for the installation of Common Ground: Art in New Mexico.
The museum says: "Common Ground celebrates the diverse creativity
of artists living in or influenced by this region. Drawn from the Museum's
permanent collection of almost 10,000 works of art, Common Ground
includes masterworks by artists including Georgia O'Keeffe, Ernest Blumenschein,
Raymond Jonson, Fritz Scholder, Luis Jimenez, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith,
and Diego Romero." Accessed 11/16
The Museum
of Indian Arts and Culture website includes a link to the museum's YouTube
channel. The channel contains numerous videos featuring Native American
speakers. Accessed May, 2015.
From the Museum
of International Folk Art, the online exhibition Sin Nombre: Hispana
and Hispano Artists of the New Deal Era includes the curator's video
introduction of the exhibition. Accessed May, 2015.
New
Mexico History Museum presents Tesoros de Devoción (Treasures
of Devotion), a website that features devotional objects created in New
Mexico and biographical information on the artists who created them. The
site contains three interpretative videos by the curator on the exhibit.
from Collector's Guide. Accessed August, 2015.
(above: William Herbert Dunton, My Children, 1920, oil on canvas, New Mexico Museum of Art. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
(above: Fall Colors at Los Poblanos, 2021, Photo: John Hazeltine, 2021)
(above :from left to right, Church No. 1 on High Road to Taos, 2015, Church No. 2 on High Road to Taos, 2015. All photos © 2015 by Barbara Hazeltine)
(above: Ernest L. Blumenschein (1874-1960), The Peacemaker (The Orator), 1913. Courtesy of the Anschutz Collection. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
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