Walter Ufer Papers
1847-1998; bulk 1913-1936.
Origination : Ufer, Walter, 1876-1936Extent : 7 linear feet
Repository : University of Notre Dame Archives
Address : Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
English.
Administrative Information
Contractual restrictions may apply.
Source
Acquired and given to the archives by Dean Porter.
Preferred Citation
Walter Ufer Papers (UFR), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556
Scope and Content
Ufer correspondence and other papers, chiefly 1913-1936, with some pre-1913 and some post-1936; one foot of notebooks or diaries; one roll of paintings. Also Record cards of Ufer's art sales, 1912-1927.
Background
From the Wikipedia article:
"Walter Ufer (July 22, 1876 – August 2, 1936) was an American artist based in Taos, New Mexico. His most notable work focuses on scenes of Native American life, particularly of the Pueblo Indians.
"Ufer was born of German immigrant parents and raised in Kentucky. After an apprenticeship as a lithographer, he went to Europe where he was a traveling journeyman. Like many of his fellow artists with ties to Indianapolis's German-American community, he went to Germany to study; he trained in Hamburg and Dresden.[1] When he returned to America, he worked as a printer in Chicago and taught school, and later took classes in fine arts. After a brief time in Chicago, he returned to Munich in 1911 for further study as an artist. Upon his return to the US, he traveled to Taos in 1914. There he became one of the "Taos Ten", and associated with the Taos Society of Artists. His New Mexico paintings are characterized by genre scenes of Native American life and landscapes executed in a high-keyed palette.
"In the 1920s, his work garnered critical and commercial success. He showed at the Carnegie International, became an Academician of the National Academy of Design, and museums acquiring his work included the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Indianapolis Museum of Art."
Index
Ufer, Walter, 1876-1936Art, American -- Southwest, New.
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Southwest, New.
Taos school of art.
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New Mexico.
Taos (N.M.) in art.