J. H. Sharp, one of the founders of the Taos Society of Artists, also painted extensively in Montana, living there during fall and wintertime between 1903 and 1910. This season’s Sharp focus for the Couse-Sharp Historic Site is on the work of those years.
“The artworks and objects are on loan from private collectors and museums,” said Davison Packard Koenig, executive director and curator. “Some are being publicly exhibited for the first time, others for the first time in many years.” Besides finished paintings, the exhibition includes studies, sketches, photos taken by Sharp, Native beadwork, letters, his folding painting stool and other items.
A permanent rotating exhibition of artwork, ephemera and collections chronicling the life and work of J. H. Sharp is continually on display in the Taos studio he used from 1915-1953, now fully restored. The opening of Joseph Henry Sharp’s Montana, also in the 1915 studio, dovetails with a book release and scholarly lecture.
The Montana exhibition runs June 14-Nov. 2, 2019, at the Couse-Sharp Historic Site, 146 Kit Carson Road in Taos. Besides the First Saturday 3-5 p.m. open house each month from July through October, the show can be seen during the full docent tour of the historic site. Tours are available by appointment only. For more information, visit www.couse-sharp.org, email admin@couse-sharp.org, or call 575.751-0369.
Date and Time
Wednesday Aug 21, 2019Saturday Nov 2, 2019
Open 3-5 pm 1st Saturday of each month and by appointment