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Joseph Henry Sharp

Joseph Henry Sharp (1859 - 1953) was active/lived in New Mexico, California, Ohio.  Joseph Sharp is known for Indian figure, landscape and still-life painting.

Born in Bridgeport, Ohio, Joseph Sharp was regarded as the "father of the Taos Art Colony," and was known for his Indian figure and genre painting as well as for exquisitely colorful landscapes.

He was one of the first Caucasian artists to visit New Mexico, arriving in Santa Fe in 1883.  He was also a visitor to Alaska, being one of the early artists who visited there after the purchase of the Territory.  Although Sharp was completely deaf from a childhood accident, he reportedly had a cheerful nature and was an avid traveler, always seeking learning experiences about other cultures.

From childhood he was interested in Indians, and at age fourteen, because of his deafness, left public school to study art in Cincinnati at the McMicken School and the Cincinnati Academy of Art.  His studio was in the same building as that of Henry Farny who gave him books on Pueblo Indians.

At age 22, Sharp went to Antwerp, Belgium where he studied with Charles Verlat   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 33038 characters.]  Artist bio

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