Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Inspection of Arms, Taos Indian Pueblo
Image View:
Overall view, without frame
Creator:
Oscar Edward Berninghaus (American painter, 1874-1952)
Location:
repository: Colby College Museum of Art (Waterville, Maine, United States) 2013.014P
Location Note:
5600 Mayflower Hill; The Lunder Collection
GPS:
44.565-69.660833
Date:
1948 (creation)
Cultural Context:
American
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
51.44 cm (height) x 60.96 cm (width)
Subjects:
architecture; genre; historical; landscape; Native North Americans; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo Indians; adobe architecture; mountains
Description:
Berninghaus was a founding member (1915) of the Taos Society of Artists. He is best known for his paintings of Native Americans, New Mexico and the American Southwest. His son, Charles Berninghaus (1905-1988), was also a Taos artist. He was born and spent much of his career in St. Louis, traveling to Taos in the summers. In 1925 he finally relocated to Taos. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-BERNING-CA-IA-A0 1
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Inspection of Arms, Taos Indian Pueblo