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1885 Houghton, Michigan, - 1948 Taos, New Mexico. Known for: Landscape and Indian paintings, photography, art dealer.
The following is from Michael Coleman of Chicago, Illinois:. Ralph Meyers was a well-known early day Taos Indian trader, forest ranger and painter who, without any training, did some remarkable New... Read full biography
The following is from Michael Coleman of Chicago, Illinois:. Ralph Meyers was a well-known early day Taos Indian trader, forest ranger and painter who, without any training, did some remarkable New Mexican genre and landscape paintings and was, as Leon Gaspard called him, one of the finest... Read full biography
The following is from Michael Coleman of Chicago, Illinois:. Ralph Meyers was a well-known early day Taos Indian trader, forest ranger and painter who, without any training, did some remarkable New Mexican genre and landscape paintings and was, as Leon Gaspard called him, one of the finest colorists of the period; he was, apparently, also held in high esteem by Fechin and other contemporaneous artists of the colony. Meyers grew up in Denver, where he appeared to have been heavily influenced by... Read full biography
The following is from Michael Coleman of Chicago, Illinois:. Ralph Meyers was a well-known early day Taos Indian trader, forest ranger and painter who, without any training, did some remarkable New Mexican genre and landscape paintings and was, as Leon Gaspard called him, one of the finest colorists of the period; he was, apparently, also held in high esteem by Fechin and other contemporaneous artists of the colony. Meyers grew up in Denver, where he appeared to have been heavily influenced by a number of prominent Western artists and frontier personalities, sufficiently so, that after numerous visits to the Southwest soon after the turn of the century, he moved to Taos in 1909 and took a job as a fire guard on Taos land. He forged... Read full biography
The following is from Michael Coleman of Chicago, Illinois:. Ralph Meyers was a well-known early day Taos Indian trader, forest ranger and painter who, without any training, did some remarkable New Mexican genre and landscape paintings and was, as Leon Gaspard called him, one of the finest colorists of the period; he was, apparently, also held in high esteem by Fechin and other contemporaneous artists of the colony. Meyers grew up in Denver, where he appeared to have been heavily influenced by a number of prominent Western artists and frontier personalities, sufficiently so, that after numerous visits to the Southwest soon after the turn of the century, he moved to Taos in 1909 and took a job as a fire guard on Taos land. He forged enduring friendships with the Indians, and opened a trading post in 1912. His first exhibition was at the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe in 191... Read full biography
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Keywords (13)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Photography as Fine Art
Art Subject
- •Indian Figure Prior to 1940
- •Indians, Native American Specialty
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •New Mexico Before 1940
- •Taos, New Mexico Before 1940
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Art Collection
- •J.L Hubbell Collection, Arizona
Artist Colony
- •Taos Art Colony