From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936) was an American
artist, noted for paintings of Native Americans,
New Mexico, and the American Southwest.
Biography
Couse was born in Saginaw, Michigan, where he first started drawing the
Chippewa Indians who lived nearby. Couse
attended the Art Institute of Chicago, and the National Academy of Design,
New York. He
left for Paris to study at the
École des Beaux-Arts and Académie
Julian under Bouguereau. He lived in France 10 years, where he painted
charming scenes of the Normandy coast.
After his return to America, he devoted himself to depicting the
life and habits of the Taos Indians, a Pueblo tribe in New Mexico and was active in the Taos art
colony. In 1915, he became one of the founding members of the
Taos Society of Artists in Taos, New
Mexico.
Among those in public galleries are "Elkfoot" (National Gallery,
Washington); "The Forest Camp" (Brooklyn Museum); "The Tom-Tom
Maker" (Lotos Club,
New York); "Medicine Fires" (Montclair Gallery, New Jersey);
"Shapanagons, a Chippewa Chief" (Detroit Museum). He was elected to
the National Academy of design in 1911.New International
Encyclopedia In 1912 when the Taos Society of Artists was
formed, Couse was elected its first President.
Early
works
In 1899, Course exhibited three paintings at the Boston Art
Club: A Cayuse Indian (oil), Maternity (oil),
and Yakima Encampment (oil). At the time of this
Exhibition, Course listed his current address as the Van Dyck
Studios, 939 8th Avenue, NYC.
Later
works
The Historian, by E. Irving Couse, painted in 1902.
- "Mending the War Bonnet"
- "Making Pottery" (awarded the Carnegie prize)
- "Rushing Water" (1912)
- "Twilight, Taos Pueblo" (1913)
During his career, Couse exhibited widely and won numerous
awards at: the Paris Salon, the Art Institute of Chicago, the
National Academy of Design (Altman prize, 1916), the Salmagundi Club
(Isidor prize, 1917), and was awarded the Lippincott prize from the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1921).
He received awards from the American Exposition, Buffalo, the Boston Art
Club, the Corcoran Gallery and the Panama Pacific International
Exposition in San Francisco (silver medal, 1915). His works are
held in many museums in the United States and around the world.
Couse died in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1936 and is buried at
Sierra View Cemetery in Taos.
Asked how to say his name, he told The Literary Digest that it rhymed with
house. (Charles Earle Funk, What's the Name,
Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936.)
Sources
External
links
Wikis
Map
Search
