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BERT GEER PHILLIPS
Bert Geer Phillips was born in Hudson, New York, in 1868. In 1883 he began five years study at the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design in New York, where he found work as an artist following his training. Opting for more schooling, Phillips left in 1894 for London and Paris, where he met the artists Joseph Henry Sharp and Ernest Blumenschein. Sharp never missed an opportunity to share tales of Taos, New Mexico, and in 1898, Phillips and Blumenschein bought a wagon and headed west. When their wagon broke near Taos, the men ended their trek and rented studios in the town. Though Blumenschein eventually went back east, Phillips stayed on, and was a founding member of the historically important Taos Art Colony in 1915. The original members of the group, known collectively as the “Taos Six” included Phillips, E.I. Couse, Joseph Henry Sharp, Oscar Berninghaus, W. Herbert Dunton, and Ernest Blumenschein. Later members included E. Martin Hennings and Walter Ufer. Phillips ended up spending more time in Taos than any of the other members of the original group.
Phillips was a collector of Native American artifacts. Pieces from his collection would often appear in his vivid, semi-romantic paintings of the Southwest. When Phillips needed to give his eyesight a rest from painting, he acted as the first forest ranger at the Taos National Forest when it was established.
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Wikipedia
Denver Art Museum - Pueblo Indian Girl and Wild Plum Blossoms
Gilcrease Museum - Bert Geer Phillips
Bert Phillips Art Board - Pinterest
“The accident that started the Taos Art Colony”. The man in this photo is most likely Bert Geer Phillips and the photo was probably taken by Ernest Blumenschein when the wheel on their wagon broke during a trip.
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