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The Taos Society of Artists was an organization of visual arts founded in Taos, New Mexico in 1915; it disbanded in 1927. The Society was essentially a commercial cooperative, as opposed to a stylistic collective, and its foundation contributed to the development of the tiny Taos art colony into an international art center. ==The beginning== Joseph Henry Sharp, who decided to make painting of Native Americans his life work, visited Taos on a trip through New Mexico in 1893. While there he became enchanted with the people of the Taos Pueblo and the landscape,〔James (1920), p. 373〕 an interest he shared with Ernest Blumenschein when they were studying art in Paris.〔〔 Having heard of the degree to which Sharp was interested in painting the western United States, and the Indian pueblo of Taos in particular, Blumenschein came to Taos with fellow artist Bert Phillips in 1898. Planning only to visit Taos, they became enamored by the Taos valley and its people that they decided to stay. This was the beginning of the Taos art colony. Blumenschein described his first sights of Taos, "The month was September, and the fertile valley a beautiful sight, and inspiration for those who ply the brush for happiness. The primitive people of this out-of-the-way region were harvesting their crops by sunlight and by moonlight. Brown people they were, both Mexicans and Indians, happy people with happy children, in a garden spot protected by mountains." More compelling were the people. Native Americans had lived for centuries in the pueblo just outside the village of Taos. There a peace-loving, democratic society has maintained, and continues to maintain, its history, culture, dress and way of life over centuries.〔James (1920), pp. 375-376〕 Ernest Blumenschein returned to New York for a time while Phillips stayed behind. Blumenschein kept up correspondence with Phillips and discussed setting up an artist colony in Taos. Blumenschein also wrote other artists in New York and Paris of Taos about the "beauty and artistic promise of northern New Mexico."〔 By 1915 Joseph Henry Sharp, E. Irving Couse, Oscar E. Berninghaus and W. Herbert Dunton came to Taos and with Ernest Blumenschein and Bert Phillips they formed the Taos Society of Artists. The six founding members were known as the "Taos Six". E. Irving Couse was the Society's first president.〔 Their work, defined the first several decades of the Taos art colony, was distinguished by: Native Americans in traditional clothing, area Hispanics and Anglo-Americans and landscapes.〔 They sent travelling exhibits of their work across the United States. Initial critical reaction of the works was that they were unrealistic and overdone: vivid colors, too emotionally evocative and strong vibrational quality. The artists questioned the critics veracity, since they had never been to the southwestern desert, nor the Taos Pueblo.〔James (1020), pp. 377-378〕 File:The Historian (The How and Why Library).jpg|E. Irving Couse, ''The Historian,'' 1902 File:WLA brooklynmuseum Lovers Indian Love Song.jpg|E. Irving Couse, ''Lovers (Indian Love Song),'' 1905 File:Blumenschein The Peacemaker.gif|Ernest L. Blumenschein, ''The Peacemaker (The Orator),'' 1913, Courtesy of the Anschutz Collection File:Couse contentment.jpg|E. Irving Couse, ''Contentment,'' 1918 File:Couse smokeceremony2.jpg|E. Irving Couse, ''Smoke Ceremony,'' 1919 File:Blumenschein-Star Road and White Sun 1920.jpg|Ernest L. Blumenschein, ''Star Road and White Sun,'' 1920, Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, New Mexico File:Making Sweet Grass Medicine.jpg|Joseph Henry Sharp, ''Making Sweet Grass Medicine, Blackfoot Ceremony,'' ca. 1920, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. File:Blumenschein Superstition.jpg|Ernest L. Blumenschein, ''Superstition,'' 1921 File:William Herbert Dunton - The horse rustler.jpg|William Herbert Dunton, ''The Horse Rustler,'' ca. 1915 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Taos Society of Artists」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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