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1891 Buffalo, New York - 1977 Santa Fe, New Mexico. Known for: Landscape, mod figure, sculptor.
A significant contributor to modernism in the American Southwest, Josef Bakos was a member of "Los Cinco Pintores," Spanish for Five Painters, the first artist group in New Mexico devoted to... Read full biography
A significant contributor to modernism in the American Southwest, Josef Bakos was a member of "Los Cinco Pintores," Spanish for Five Painters, the first artist group in New Mexico devoted to modernism and bringing art to the people of New Mexico, those who worked in factories, mines, etc. so that... Read full biography
A significant contributor to modernism in the American Southwest, Josef Bakos was a member of "Los Cinco Pintores," Spanish for Five Painters, the first artist group in New Mexico devoted to modernism and bringing art to the people of New Mexico, those who worked in factories, mines, etc. so that they could have a greater appreciation of beauty. Bakos was the son of Polish immigrants and grew up in Buffalo, New York. He studied at the Art School at the Albright Art Gallery with John Thompson,... Read full biography
A significant contributor to modernism in the American Southwest, Josef Bakos was a member of "Los Cinco Pintores," Spanish for Five Painters, the first artist group in New Mexico devoted to modernism and bringing art to the people of New Mexico, those who worked in factories, mines, etc. so that they could have a greater appreciation of beauty. Bakos was the son of Polish immigrants and grew up in Buffalo, New York. He studied at the Art School at the Albright Art Gallery with John Thompson, who introduced him to Cezanne whom he emulated including becoming a plein-air painter. In 1918, Bakos followed Thompson to Denver, Colorado and worked as an art teacher in Boulder. In 1920, Bakos settled in Santa Fe, where he first earned money by... Read full biography
A significant contributor to modernism in the American Southwest, Josef Bakos was a member of "Los Cinco Pintores," Spanish for Five Painters, the first artist group in New Mexico devoted to modernism and bringing art to the people of New Mexico, those who worked in factories, mines, etc. so that they could have a greater appreciation of beauty. Bakos was the son of Polish immigrants and grew up in Buffalo, New York. He studied at the Art School at the Albright Art Gallery with John Thompson, who introduced him to Cezanne whom he emulated including becoming a plein-air painter. In 1918, Bakos followed Thompson to Denver, Colorado and worked as an art teacher in Boulder. In 1920, Bakos settled in Santa Fe, where he first earned money by carving furniture for La Fonda Hotel and in 1921 founded "Los Cinco Pintores" with Walter Mruk, Willard Nash, Will Shuster, and Fremont El... Read full biography
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Keywords (43)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Furniture and/or Cabinet Design and Making
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstract Figurative, Human Figure
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Adobe Structures, Pueblos
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Cowboys
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
- •Street Scenes, Street Genre
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •New Mexico Before 1940
- •Santa Fe, New Mexico Before 1940
- •Texas Before 1940
Art Association
- •Los Cinco Pintores
- •New Mexico Painters
- •Salons of America
- •Society of Independent Artists-
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Anschutz Collection
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
- •Western Subject Specialty
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Artist Colony
- •Santa Fe Artist Colony
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Edgar B Davis Competition, Texas
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Salons of America-
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts