Ourselves and Taos Neighbors

Artist Ernest Leonard Blumenschein (American, 1874 - 1960)

Datec. 1940

Mediumoil on canvas

Dimensions41 × 50 inches (104.1 × 127 cm)
Frame: 46 3/4 × 55 3/4 × 2 3/4 inches (118.7 × 141.6 × 7 cm)

Credit LinePartial Bequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965 and Partial Gift of Nelda C. Stark, 1973

Object number31.30.12.A

ClassificationsPaintings

DescriptionHorizontal oil painting depicting a group of people standing in an interior space with adobe walls and timber beams and posts.

Label TextOurselves and Taos Neighbors depicts the artist’s nuclear family. In the foreground are the artist, his wife, and daughter. He includes the family pet, an important member of many families. He situates his group portrait within a typical adobe interior. Yet “Blumy” (as he was known) also brought in the larger community. Filling the space are other artists, creative thinkers, and social leaders. At the right edge, he portrayed representatives of the Taos Pueblo people and Hispanic residents. How does his painting tell the story of his home in New Mexico?

ProvenanceArtist; purchased November 1, 1957 by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965][1]; ½ interest bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation [1]; remaining ½ interest gifted June 15, 1973 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation by Nelda C. Stark [1909-1999]; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art | 1. Owned jointly by H.J. Lutcher Stark and Nelda C. Stark until his death at which point his ½ interest was bequeathed to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation.

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