We've been in love with the paintings of The Taos School (or Taos Colony) for quite some time. The palatte and the forms seem so chic that we had thought that they were fabricated to satisfy the fashion or tastes of the time. As it turns out, the landscape and architecture of both Taos and Tucson verify that members of the Taos School were both perceptive and accurate. We've paired photos we'd taken for "artistic reasons" around Tucson with paintings from the Taos Colony. It's nice to know that, as homogenous as small cities are becoming in the US, there are still a few that retain their character.
Downtown Tucson
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Victor Higgins, New Mexico Skies, 1943
Maynard Dixon, Earth Knower, 1931- 1935
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Victor Higgins, Canyon Drive, Santa Fe
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Victor Higgins, Rabbit Trackers from the Rockford Art Museum
Victor Higgins, Fiesta Day, 1918
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Wow, these images really clear the senses.
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