Ernest L. Blumenschein papers, 1946-1955.

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Ernest L. Blumenschein papers, 1946-1955.

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Summary: Collection consists of one 13-page handwritten speech given by Blumenschein in 1953 on the occasion of John Gaw Meem's induction as an honorary fellow of the School of American Research in Santa Fe, and five letters sent and one letter received by Blumenschein between 1946 and 1955. The letters primarily concern the art of Blumenschein and the Taos Society of Artists. Three of the letters were sent to Reginald Fisher, head of the Fine Arts Division of the Museum of New Mexico, including Blumenschein's resignation from the Museum of New Mexico's Advisory Board in protest over a one-man show awarded to Raymond Jonson during Blumenschein's absence from an Advisory Board meeting.

.1 linear feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7393149

Museum of New Mexico Library

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Taos Society of Artists

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Art society; Taos, New Mexico. Founded 1914. From the description of Taos Society of Artists records, 1915-1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122577267 The Taos art colony began in 1898 when Ernest Blumenschein and Bert Philips arrived in Taos. Inspired by the setting, they decided to make Taos their home. Soon afterwards other artists arrived, impressed and duly influenced with the beauty of the natural setting of Taos, the climate, and the Indians. The Taos Society for A...

Blumenschein, E. L. (Ernest Leonard), 1874-1960

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Painter and illustrator; Taos, N.M. From the description of Ernest Blumenschein papers, 1889-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220243434 Painter, illustator; Taos, N.M. From the description of Ernest L. Blumenschein letters and interview, 1945-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477503 From the description of Ernest L. Blumenschein letters and transcript, 1945-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515750 Blumenschein was a prominent New...

Meem, John Gaw, 1894-1983

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The original objective of the interview was a survey of the early development of the Santa Fe art colony and the personalities who made it famous. The interviewer is unidentified. Interviewees include renowned architect, John Gaw Meem; Will Shuster, painter and founder of Los Cinco Pintores, Santa Fe's first modernist art group; and Karl Larsson, Swedish immigrant, silversmith, and painter-teacher. From the description of Oral history interview with John Gaw Meem, Will Shuster, and K...

Museum of New Mexico.

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The Museum of New Mexico and its Board of Regents were established by a legislative act in 1909 (1909 Laws of N.M., Chp. 4, Sec. 1- 9). During the early years the director served both the Museum of New Mexico and the School of American Archaeology, later the School of American Research. Under the Cultural Properties Act of 1969, the Museum became responsible for administering all registered cultural properties belonging to the State of New Mexico (1969 Laws of N.M., Chp. 223, Sec. 6). In 1977 a ...

Fisher, Reginald G.

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School of American Research (Santa Fe, N.M.)

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Jonson, Raymond, 1891-1982

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Raymond Jonson (1891-1982) was an American modernist painter and teacher. As a young man (1912 to 1917) he was the lighting, stage set, costume and graphics designer for the Chicago Little Theatre, America's first experimental theater, and later founded the Transcendental Painting Group (1938). He organized the Modern Wing at the Museum of New Mexico and taught art classes at his Atalaya Art School and at the University of New Mexico, retiring as Professor Emeritus in 1954. In 1950 he establishe...