Albert Looking Elk (about 1888 - November 30, 1940), also known as Albert Martinez is a Taos Pueblo painter. Finding Elk is one of the three Taos Pueblo Painters.
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Albert, son of JosÃÆ'Â © R. MartÃÆ'nez, commonly known by his Taos name, T'o'nu, meaning "Seeking the Deer." He was born around 1888 in Taos Pueblo, New Mexico.
Albert Looking Elk was a model, initially reluctantly, to E. Irving Couse, one of the founding members of the Taos Art Community. He continues to imitate his childhood and grow up; His wife and children also work as models for artists. In 1900, he became a model for Oscar E. Berninghaus, one of the founding members of the Taos Society of Artists. In 1915, after receiving a Christmas present on paint and brushes and painting lessons from the Berninghaus, Looking Elk started his own artistic career.
Seeking Elk was elected Governor of Taos Pueblo in 1938.
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Three painters Taos Pueblo
Albert Looking Elk, Albert Lujan, and Juan Mirabal have been identified as painters of "Three Taos Pueblo". As the Taos art colony grew, these people studied oil paintings and watercolors and created their community artwork, which is told from the Native American perspective. The exhibition of their work "Three Pueblo Painters" was held at Harwood Museum of Art in Taos in 2003.
Taos Pueblo
Located in the river valley of the Rio Grande, Taos Pueblo is the northernmost of the New Mexico pueblos. For almost a millennium, the Taos Indians have lived here. It is estimated that the pueblo was built between 1000 and 1450 CE, with some later expansions. Taos Pueblo is considered the oldest community inhabited continuously in the United States. Pueblo, in some places as high as five levels, is a combination of many private homes with the same wall. There are over 1,900 people in the Taos puebo community. Some of them have more modern homes near their fields and live in their homes in pueblo during cold weather. There are about 150 people living in pueblo throughout the year. Taos Pueblo was added as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 as one of the most significant historical landmarks in the world; Other sites include the Taj Mahal, the Great Pyramid and the Grand Canyon in the United States.
For centuries, Pueblo painters have painted in tempera, clay plates, and earth pigments on woven textiles, inner walls, ceramics, and hiding. Looking for Deer, Albert Lujan, and Juan Mirabal adopted and mastered the materials and techniques of European painting.
Beginning of his art career
Looking for Elk took art lessons and in 1917 received the first set of oil painting equipment, easel, brush and canvas from Oscar E. Berninghaus, founding member of the Taos Society of Artists. 16th July 1918 edition, Taos Valley News said of him: "Taos has an indigenous artist... Albert [Seeking the Deer] Martinez from Pueblo... He has painted a number of reward images, some of which he has been able to sell at a fair price. "Like other budding artists, Looking Elk initially only made a few dollars for his paintings, but he was so successful that he immediately bought the Studebaker. He was the first member of the Taos Pueblo tribe to buy a car.
Professional career
See the main source of inspiration and Elk subjects is Taos Pueblo. He displays the building north of the pueblo, often painting it from the village square. His works are realistic, in contrast to the romantic compositions of Taos artists. He is also influenced by the Indian School Santa Fe style, reflected in some of his work. Between 1923 and 1930, Looking Elk showed his work several times at the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe, earning an art award during his first performance. The use of light and color has helped make his art work a success; however, Seeing the success of the adoption of Elk painting techniques Europe "alludes to many White collectors and curators today."
Death
Albert Looking Elk died in Taos Pueblo on 30 November 1940, or as a source list, 1941.
Note
References
- Lester, Patrick D. Directory of Biographers of Native American Painters . Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995. ISBNÃ, 0-8061-9936-9.
Further reading
- Flynn, Kathryn A. (1994). Treasure on the New Mexico line: discover New Deal art and architecture . Sunstone Press. ISBN 978-0-86534-236-1.
- Nickens, P; Nickens, K (2008). Indian Pueblo in New Mexico . Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-4836-4.
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