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Walpi Pueblo 1903 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Eanger Irving Couse painted this scene one year after his first trip to Taos. Like other eastern artists, he was especially struck by the intense light and stark contrasts of northern New Mexico. Couse painted Walpi Pueblo as a quick sketch, capturing the sudden, lonely chill that accompanies the clouds at higher elevations. | GA | Anonymous | |
The Peace Pipe c. 1902 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | GA | Anonymous | ||
The Cowherd (La Gardeuse de Vaches) 1895 Joslyn Art Museum Omaha, NE | GA | Anonymous | ||
Sacred Waters oil on canvas Indianapolis Museum of Art Indianapolis, IN | Couse is best known for his intimate images of Native Americans in quiet repose. The artist's paint strokes set up a rhythmic flow, which moves throughout the work. Tradition holds that the Taos Indians were created out of the sacred waters of Blue Lake. | GA | Anonymous | |
Making Pottery 1912 The Terra Foundation for American Art Chicago, IL | GA | Anonymous | ||
Lovers (Indian Love Song) 1905 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | ian art. Owing in part to the appeal of such images, they traveled in growing numbers to Taos, New Mexico, where Couse spent a portion of each year beginning in 1902. | GA | Anonymous | |
Indian Painter 19th century Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis, MN | GA | Anonymous | ||
Hunting Cranes oil on canvas Richmond Art Museum Richmond, IN | GA | Anonymous | ||
Elk-Foot of the Taos Tribe 1909 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous | ||
Clearing 1891-1904 ca. Brigham Young University, Museum of Fine Arts Provo, UT | GA | Anonymous | ||
Chief Shoppenegons 1910 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI | GA | Anonymous | ||
Brook with Wooded Area 1903-1905 ca. Brigham Young University, Museum of Fine Arts Provo, UT | GA | Anonymous | ||
Boat Alone #1 Early 20th Century Brigham Young University, Museum of Fine Arts Provo, UT | GA | Anonymous | ||
At the Spring (Sheep in field) Early 20th Century Brigham Young University, Museum of Fine Arts Provo, UT | GA | Anonymous | ||
A Vision of the Past 1913 Butler Institute of American Art Youngstown, OH | In "A Vision of the Past", Couse contrasted the past and present, suggesting that the future held little promise for tribal culture. In doing so, he contributed to a tradition of imagery first popular in the 1830s, that of the vanishing race of "doomed" Native Americans. | GA | Anonymous |
- Eanger Irving Couse