Bert Geer Phillips painting in his studio, Taos, 1932

Item Overview

Title

Bert Geer Phillips painting in his studio, Taos, 1932

Photographer

Connell, Will, 1898-1961

Date Created

1932

Date

1932

Collection

Connell (Will) Papers

Notes

Description

Bert Geer Phillips was an American artist and a founding member of the Taos Society of Artists. He was the first artist to permanently settle in Taos, New Mexico (1898) and is considered to be the founder of the Taos art colony. He is known for his paintings of Native Americans, New Mexico, and the American Southwest.
Photograph of artist Bert Geer Phillips working on a painting in his Taos studio, holding a pallet and paint brush.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

black-and-white photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Phillips, Bert Geer, 1868-1956

Location

New Mexico--Taos

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Artists--American--New Mexico--Taos
Artist colonies--New Mexico--Taos