Painting Taos

KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.) · February 5, 2010

ALL Versions Painting Taos explores the remarkable history of the Taos Society of Artists. This episode explains how these artists came to live and work in Taos. It discusses their lives, hardships, and how the landscapes of Taos affected each of their artistic styles. Artists discussed in this episode are Ernest Blumenschein, Oscar Berninghaus, E. Irving Couse, Joseph Sharp, Bert Phillips, William Herbert “Buck” Dunton, Victor Higgins, Andrew Dasburg, Joe Marin, Marsden Hartley, Stuart Davis, and more. Guests: Forrest Fenn (Author and Collector), Virginia Couse Leavitt (Granddaughter of E.I. Couse), Ernest Leavitt (The Couse Foundation), Ol’ Max Evans (Author, Long John Dunn of Taos), Rena Rosequist (Mission Gallery, Taos), Sharyn Udall (Ph.D. Art Historian), Vince Lujan (Former Governor and Lifetime Councilman, Taos Pueblo), and David L. Witt (Art Historian).