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Sharp Joseph Henry
American Painter, 1859-1953
was a painter credited with influencing the creation of the Taos, New Mexico Society of Artists. Sharp may have been the first artist to discover Taos when he visited in 1883. He painted American Indian portraits and cultural life, and Western landscapes. As a youth he permanently damaged his hearing in a near-drowning accident, and gradually become totally deaf. His formal art training included Mckmicken School of Design (Cincinnati) and Antwerp (Belgium) Academy. He traveled and worked in Europe also. Harpers Magazine commissioned his illustrations of Taos Indian life. Some portraits were purchased by the Smithsonian Institution. President Theodore Roosevelt took an interest in him and had a cabin built for him at Little Big Horn to paint Indian life there.
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Painting ID:: 32016
Crow Camp at Wyola
mk77
Oil on canvas
16 1/4x24in
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Painting ID:: 41490
Burial Cortege of a Crow Chief
mk162
c.1902-1910
Oil on canvas
27x39
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Painting ID:: 41491
The Warbonnet
mk162
undated
oil on canvas
24x20
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Painting ID:: 41492
The Broken Bow or father and son
mk162
c.1914
Oil on canvas
44x59
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Painting ID:: 50992
Spotted elk
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Sharp Joseph Henry
American Painter, 1859-1953
was a painter credited with influencing the creation of the Taos, New Mexico Society of Artists. Sharp may have been the first artist to discover Taos when he visited in 1883. He painted American Indian portraits and cultural life, and Western landscapes. As a youth he permanently damaged his hearing in a near-drowning accident, and gradually become totally deaf. His formal art training included Mckmicken School of Design (Cincinnati) and Antwerp (Belgium) Academy. He traveled and worked in Europe also. Harpers Magazine commissioned his illustrations of Taos Indian life. Some portraits were purchased by the Smithsonian Institution. President Theodore Roosevelt took an interest in him and had a cabin built for him at Little Big Horn to paint Indian life there.
. Related Artists to Sharp Joseph Henry: | ALLORI Alessandro | Christian Friedrich Tieck | Filippo Balbi | William Page | Martin Mijtens d.a. |
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