Known as the founder of the art colony in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Carlos Vierra was an early traveler throughout the West and was the first professional Caucasian artist to make Santa Fe his home. He... Read full biography
Known as the founder of the art colony in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Carlos Vierra was an early traveler throughout the West and was the first professional Caucasian artist to make Santa Fe his home. He is credited with the preservation of the city's unique atmosphere because of his insuring that the... Read full biography
Known as the founder of the art colony in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Carlos Vierra was an early traveler throughout the West and was the first professional Caucasian artist to make Santa Fe his home. He is credited with the preservation of the city's unique atmosphere because of his insuring that the old style of pueblo architecture and historic landmarks were maintained. Vierra was the son of a Portuguese sailor and was born and raised in Moss Landing, California near Monterey. He studied art in... Read full biography
Known as the founder of the art colony in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Carlos Vierra was an early traveler throughout the West and was the first professional Caucasian artist to make Santa Fe his home. He is credited with the preservation of the city's unique atmosphere because of his insuring that the old style of pueblo architecture and historic landmarks were maintained. Vierra was the son of a Portuguese sailor and was born and raised in Moss Landing, California near Monterey. He studied art in San Francisco at the Mark Hopkins Institute and with Gottardo Piazzoni, and determined to go to New York for further study, boarded an old wooden ship that sailed around Cape Horn. The trip took six months, and he struggled to survive financially in... Read full biography
Known as the founder of the art colony in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Carlos Vierra was an early traveler throughout the West and was the first professional Caucasian artist to make Santa Fe his home. He is credited with the preservation of the city's unique atmosphere because of his insuring that the old style of pueblo architecture and historic landmarks were maintained. Vierra was the son of a Portuguese sailor and was born and raised in Moss Landing, California near Monterey. He studied art in San Francisco at the Mark Hopkins Institute and with Gottardo Piazzoni, and determined to go to New York for further study, boarded an old wooden ship that sailed around Cape Horn. The trip took six months, and he struggled to survive financially in New York, but finally achieved success as a cartoonist and marine painter. Just when he was beginning to fee... Read full biography
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About Carlos Vierra: Books
Books & Publications (22)
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Light, Landscape and the Creative Quest: Early Artists of Santa Fe
2012
Lewandowski, Stacia
272 pages (color)
Santa Fe Art Colony: Gerald Peters Gallery (Exhibition catalog)
2006
Udall, Sharyn R; Julie Schimmel (Introduction)
127 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
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