Taos Mountains

Artist William Herbert Dunton (American, 1878 - 1936)

Mediumoil on canvas board

Dimensions7 1/2 × 9 1/2 inches (19.1 × 24.1 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number31.21.64

ClassificationsPaintings

DescriptionHorizontal oil painting depicts a series of hills rising into mountains in the background, with dark blanketing of trees on the hills. Study 36

Label Text“This is the provocative landscape that stirs the emotions.” Photographer Laura Gilpin wrote those words about Taos Mountains. Author Mabel Dodge Luhan began her book Taos and Its Artists with that sentence. Luhan described the half-circle of mountains as “tender and strong, sometimes darkening dramatically.” These mountains “embraced the oasis that is named Taos.” Dunton made his home in the village of Taos and found inspiration in the nearby mountains.

ProvenancePurchased May 11, 1942 through (Joseph Sartor Galleries, Dallas, Texas) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art

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