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Historic art is the expression of beauty and
meaning in America's past. Our story is told by the art we make—by
the pictures and images left behind. A record of faith and worship
may be read in the architecture of the simple missions and great
cathedrals. Places, faces and events-conquests-rural and urban life
of the time and the dramatics which brought us to today are recorded
for our enrichment in the illustrations which have continued to
instruct, entertain and delight us.
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The Way of the Cross
Dean Cornwell
40" x 60" Oil on Canvas
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Dean Cornwell, book illustration, The Way of the Cross, for The City of the Great King by William Lyon Phelps, published in 1925.
"The Jerusalem Street now known for many centuries as the Via Dolorosa... It was along this street that Our Lord took his last melancholy pilgrimage to ignominy, torture, and death."
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The Fire Maker, Taos Indian Pouring Water, The Water Carrier, Santa Clara Pottery
Henry Cornelius Balink, 1881 - 1963
Four sepia prints
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A native of Amsterdam, Balink was a serious art student
and classically trained at the Royal Academy. He was a
successful teacher and a printmaker.
He migrated to America with the threat of World War I;
worked at the Metropolitan Museum, then moved to Chicago
where he did portraiture and murals. He was attracted to the
west by a railroad poster and after a short time in Taos, New
Mexico, he and his wife moved to Santa Fe where they settled
in 1924. He painted landscapes and Indian characters and
was commissioned to paint a number of Indian chiefs, many
of which may be seen in museums and private collections
today. These four sepia prints are typical of Pueblo Life.
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The Fire Maker |
4-1/2" x 6" |
Taos Indian Pouring Water |
7" x 6" |
The Water Carrier |
4" x 6" |
Santa Clara Pottery |
4-1/2" x 5" |
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New Mexico Autumn Landscape
Clarence Kincaid
24" x 36" Oil Painting on Board
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Patriarc Artist and Teacher, equally adept at interpreting realism or abstract impressionism.
Prolific painter of all subjects; his work is in hundreds of private collections as well as mueums and corporations especially throughout Texas and New Mexico.
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Stagecoach
Robert Westley Amick
20" x 30" Watercolor
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| An attorney, who was also
a painter, loved American Historical subjects. Amick's works
were reproduced and prints are available for many of his works,
though they are not easy to find. Watercolor on paper. |
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Message of Peace
Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum
12" x 16" Opaque Watercolor
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| An accomplished illustrator
of American Military subjects, including the Civil War, Rufus
Fairchild Zogbaum created the "Message of Peace" which
appeared in Harper's Weekly and has often been used as a guide
by movie makers to reinterpret the message Grant sent to Lee.
A copy of Harper's goes with this collection of black and white
illustrations-a total of 6 pieces |
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Tradesman
Walter Ufer
24" x 18" Oil on Canvas
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| Portrait of a tradesman.
Probably a Smithee who worked in the sun wearing a hat which
protected his forehead, from the bronzing evident on the rest
of his face. The painting, oil on jute canvas, was purchased
at an estate auction in Washington D. C. by the author and dealer
Walt Wiggins. This is an unusual subject for the eccentric Ufer
who lived and worked in Taos, NM. for this time. |
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Portrait of Emma
Eanger Irving Couse
12" x 9" Oil on Canvas
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| A painter of Indian portraits,
this painting was done while he lived and worked in Oregon.
The model has been identified as "Emma" who worked
at the family home and was a Kliticlat Indian of the Northwest.
This painting will be in a forthcoming book on his work. Couse
studied and painted in Europe and was honored with many awards
and compared to the other masters of his day. His Taos, NM home
and studio still contains his pallett, brushes, paints and
many of the blankets and large Indian Pots used in the paintings
he did for the Santa Fe Railway which acquainted America with
Native American Life and Southwestern Landscape. |
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Lewis and Clark
Walter Graham
24" x 36" Oil on Canvas
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| Mr. Graham was a dedicated
scholar of American Western History, He shows in this painting
the Northwestern territory as a setting for the poetic disembarkment
of the Lewis and Clark party including Sacajaweah and York the
African American man who accompanied the party. |
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