Sharp Joseph Henry

American Painter, 1859-1953 was a painter credited with influencing the creation of the Taos, New Mexico Society of Artists. Sharp may have been the first artist to discover Taos when he visited in 1883. He painted American Indian portraits and cultural life, and Western landscapes. As a youth he permanently damaged his hearing in a near-drowning accident, and gradually become totally deaf. His formal art training included Mckmicken School of Design (Cincinnati) and Antwerp (Belgium) Academy. He traveled and worked in Europe also. Harpers Magazine commissioned his illustrations of Taos Indian life. Some portraits were purchased by the Smithsonian Institution. President Theodore Roosevelt took an interest in him and had a cabin built for him at Little Big Horn to paint Indian life there.
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Sharp Joseph Henry Crow Camp at Wyola oil


Crow Camp at Wyola
Painting ID::  32016 		Crow Camp at Wyola
mk77 Oil on canvas 16 1/4x24in
mk77 Oil_on_canvas 16_1/4x24in
   
   
     
Sharp Joseph Henry Burial Cortege of a Crow Chief oil


Burial Cortege of a Crow Chief
Painting ID::  41490 		Burial Cortege of a Crow Chief
mk162 c.1902-1910 Oil on canvas 27x39
mk162 c.1902-1910 Oil_on_canvas 27x39
   
   
     
Sharp Joseph Henry The Warbonnet oil


The Warbonnet
Painting ID::  41491 		The Warbonnet
mk162 undated oil on canvas 24x20
mk162 undated_ oil_on_canvas 24x20
   
   
     
Sharp Joseph Henry The Broken Bow or father and son oil


The Broken Bow or father and son
Painting ID::  41492 		The Broken Bow or father and son
mk162 c.1914 Oil on canvas 44x59
mk162 c.1914 Oil_on_canvas 44x59
   
   
     
Sharp Joseph Henry Spotted elk oil


Spotted elk
Painting ID::  50992 		Spotted elk
mk217
mk217
   
   
     
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     Sharp Joseph Henry
     American Painter, 1859-1953 was a painter credited with influencing the creation of the Taos, New Mexico Society of Artists. Sharp may have been the first artist to discover Taos when he visited in 1883. He painted American Indian portraits and cultural life, and Western landscapes. As a youth he permanently damaged his hearing in a near-drowning accident, and gradually become totally deaf. His formal art training included Mckmicken School of Design (Cincinnati) and Antwerp (Belgium) Academy. He traveled and worked in Europe also. Harpers Magazine commissioned his illustrations of Taos Indian life. Some portraits were purchased by the Smithsonian Institution. President Theodore Roosevelt took an interest in him and had a cabin built for him at Little Big Horn to paint Indian life there.

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