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1795 - 1862 New Mexico. Known for: Church decoration, altar screens, wood carving, painting.
One of the few artists working in Spanish New Mexico during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Jose Aragon focused on religious images for churches and homes. He was a wood carver who used local... Read full biography
One of the few artists working in Spanish New Mexico during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Jose Aragon focused on religious images for churches and homes. He was a wood carver who used local woods such as ponderosa pine or cottonwood roots and also a painter who used watercolor and... Read full biography
One of the few artists working in Spanish New Mexico during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Jose Aragon focused on religious images for churches and homes. He was a wood carver who used local woods such as ponderosa pine or cottonwood roots and also a painter who used watercolor and tempera. For his woodcarvings, his method was to cover the carved object with gesso or plaster and then apply color with watercolor paints. He was especially noted for his creative decorative motifs, color... Read full biography
One of the few artists working in Spanish New Mexico during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Jose Aragon focused on religious images for churches and homes. He was a wood carver who used local woods such as ponderosa pine or cottonwood roots and also a painter who used watercolor and tempera. For his woodcarvings, his method was to cover the carved object with gesso or plaster and then apply color with watercolor paints. He was especially noted for his creative decorative motifs, color contrasts, boldness of line and abstract forms. Much of his work was creating monumental altar screens, and he also supervised church-decoration projects and carved retablos. Evidence shows that he was active for nearly fifty years, from 1815 to 1862.... Read full biography
One of the few artists working in Spanish New Mexico during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Jose Aragon focused on religious images for churches and homes. He was a wood carver who used local woods such as ponderosa pine or cottonwood roots and also a painter who used watercolor and tempera. For his woodcarvings, his method was to cover the carved object with gesso or plaster and then apply color with watercolor paints. He was especially noted for his creative decorative motifs, color contrasts, boldness of line and abstract forms. Much of his work was creating monumental altar screens, and he also supervised church-decoration projects and carved retablos. Evidence shows that he was active for nearly fifty years, from 1815 to 1862. The first record found of him is in Santa Fe on July 19, 1815 when he married Maria Josefa Lucero. Three years later, he made a pledge to the c... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesHarwood Museum: Collection Handbook
1997Ellis, Robert M. (Director)48 pages (color)Art in New Mexico, 1900-1945 Paths to Taos and Santa Fe
1986Eldredge, Charles/J Schimmel218 pages (color)American Watercolors
1986Finch, Christopher312 pages (color)Colorado Springs Fine Art Center A History and Selections from the Collection
1986Piazza, Paul/Marshall Sprague210 pages (color)American Folk Painters of Three Centuries
1980Lipman, Jean and Tom Armstrong233 pages (color)Folk Painters of America
1979Bishop, Robert255 pages (color)Frontier America/The Far West
1975
(Exhibition catalog)Museum of Fine Arts, Boston232 pages (color)Catalogue of American Paintings in British Public Collections
1974Gidley, Mick58 pagesMexican American Artists
1973Quirarte, Jacinto149 pages (color)The Hand and Spirit Religious Art in America 1700-1900
1972
(Exhibition catalog)Dillenberger, Jane/J C Taylor192 pages (color)