With Bert Will Phillips, he co-founded the Taos art colony/ He was a member of the Taos Society of Artists from July 1915-1923. He was a member of the New Mexico Painters and was a New Deal artist. The University of New Mexico gave him an honorary degree in 1947. He died of arteriosclerosis of the brain.
In Cincinnati, he attended the College of Music and The Art Academy, and then went to New York to the Art Students League. In New York, he supported himself as a violinist for the symphony and in 1894, played first violinist under conductor Antonin Dvorak.In 1895, he studied in Paris at the Julian Academy where he became a close friend of Joseph Henry Sharp and Bert Phillips. Sharp told them about the marvelous landscape in New Mexico and encouraged them to join him there.
In New York, Blumenschein shared a studio with Phillips, and in 1898 with Blumenschein on assignment from McClure's magazine to sketch the Southwest, he and Sharp traveled to Arizona and New Mexico. They inadvertently stopped in Taos when their wagon wheel broke because it was the nearest town. This adventure, which led to both of them ultimately settling there, was the beginning of the Taos Art Colony, a group composed of eastern artists who depicted the landscape and pueblo Indians.
Until 1919, he divided his time between Taos and New York City where he taught at the Art Students League and he and his wife, Mary Shepard Greene, worked together on illustration assignments. In 1919, having spent their summers in Taos, the couple moved there permanently. Mary became a noted designer of jewelry, inspired by designs she saw in the natural landscape.
In Cincinnati, he attended the College of Music and The Art Academy, and then went to New York to the Art Students League. In New York, he supported himself as a violinist for the symphony and in 1894, played first violinist under conductor Antonin Dvorak.In 1895, he studied in Paris at the Julian Academy where he became a close friend of Joseph Henry Sharp and Bert Phillips. Sharp told them about the marvelous landscape in New Mexico and encouraged them to join him there.
In New York, Blumenschein shared a studio with Phillips, and in 1898 with Blumenschein on assignment from McClure's magazine to sketch the Southwest, he and Sharp traveled to Arizona and New Mexico. They inadvertently stopped in Taos when their wagon wheel broke because it was the nearest town. This adventure, which led to both of them ultimately settling there, was the beginning of the Taos Art Colony, a group composed of eastern artists who depicted the landscape and pueblo Indians.
Until 1919, he divided his time between Taos and New York City where he taught at the Art Students League and he and his wife, Mary Shepard Greene, worked together on illustration assignments. In 1919, having spent their summers in Taos, the couple moved there permanently. Mary became a noted designer of jewelry, inspired by designs she saw in the natural landscape.
With Bert Will Phillips, he co-founded the Taos art colony/ He was a member of the Taos Society of Artists from July 1915-1923. He was a member of the New Mexico Painters and was a New Deal artist. The University of New Mexico gave him an honorary degree in 1947. He died of arteriosclerosis of the brain.
In Cincinnati, he attended the College of Music and The Art Academy, and then went to New York to the Art Students League. In New York, he supported himself as a violinist for the symphony and in 1894, played first violinist under conductor Antonin Dvorak.In 1895, he studied in Paris at the Julian Academy where he became a close friend of Joseph Henry Sharp and Bert Phillips. Sharp told them about the marvelous landscape in New Mexico and encouraged them to join him there.
In New York, Blumenschein shared a studio with Phillips, and in 1898 with Blumenschein on assignment from McClure's magazine to sketch the Southwest, he and Sharp traveled to Arizona and New Mexico. They inadvertently stopped in Taos when their wagon wheel broke because it was the nearest town. This adventure, which led to both of them ultimately settling there, was the beginning of the Taos Art Colony, a group composed of eastern artists who depicted the landscape and pueblo Indians.
Until 1919, he divided his time between Taos and New York City where he taught at the Art Students League and he and his wife, Mary Shepard Greene, worked together on illustration assignments. In 1919, having spent their summers in Taos, the couple moved there permanently. Mary became a noted designer of jewelry, inspired by designs she saw in the natural landscape.
In Cincinnati, he attended the College of Music and The Art Academy, and then went to New York to the Art Students League. In New York, he supported himself as a violinist for the symphony and in 1894, played first violinist under conductor Antonin Dvorak.In 1895, he studied in Paris at the Julian Academy where he became a close friend of Joseph Henry Sharp and Bert Phillips. Sharp told them about the marvelous landscape in New Mexico and encouraged them to join him there.
In New York, Blumenschein shared a studio with Phillips, and in 1898 with Blumenschein on assignment from McClure's magazine to sketch the Southwest, he and Sharp traveled to Arizona and New Mexico. They inadvertently stopped in Taos when their wagon wheel broke because it was the nearest town. This adventure, which led to both of them ultimately settling there, was the beginning of the Taos Art Colony, a group composed of eastern artists who depicted the landscape and pueblo Indians.
Until 1919, he divided his time between Taos and New York City where he taught at the Art Students League and he and his wife, Mary Shepard Greene, worked together on illustration assignments. In 1919, having spent their summers in Taos, the couple moved there permanently. Mary became a noted designer of jewelry, inspired by designs she saw in the natural landscape.
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