Kenneth Adams in his studio, Ranchos de Taos, 1932

Item Overview

Title

Kenneth Adams in his studio, Ranchos de Taos, 1932

Photographer

Connell, Will, 1898-1961

Date Created

1932

Date

1932

Collection

Connell (Will) Papers

Notes

Description

During an oral history interview in 1964, Kenneth Adams stated that he retained a house in Ranchos de Taos, near Taos (Smithsonian Archives of American Art).
Kenneth Adams, Taos painter, standing in his studio with one foot resting on a chair and holding a paint pallet and with his paint supplies beside him in a box on the right. Adams is wearing a cowboy hat.
Kenneth Miller Adams studied with G.M. Stone in Topeka, at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League in New York, and then travelled to Italy and France for further instruction. He summered in Woodstock, NY with Andrew Dasburg, painting the landscape and developing his skills as a modernist. In 1924 Adams moved to Taos and became the last and youngest member of the Taos Society of Artists. He was also one of the most emotionally taught at the University of New Mexico, Taos. In 1938 He moved to Albuquerque during the winters, where he worked on nudes, portraits and still life, returning to Taos in the summer to focus on Indian subjects, with whom he had a close connection. He taught at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, as well, eventually earning a tenured professorship and a membership to the National Academy of Design.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Adams, Kenneth Miller, 1897-1966

Location

New Mexico--Ranchos de Taos

Longitude

36.35661;a

Latitude

-105.607452

Resource type

still image

Subjects

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