John Hauser (painter)
John Hauser | |
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Cincinnati, Ohio, US | |
| Known for | Painting |
| Spouse | Minnie Boltz Hauser |
| Website | http://johnhauserproject.com/ |
John Hauser (January 30, 1859 – October 6, 1913) was an
Early life and education
The son of
In 1873 he enrolled in the
Teaching
In 1883 he became a member of the Drawing Department of the Cincinnati Public Schools, a position he held until he withdrew in 1885 to sail for Europe.
Europe
In 1885, in the company of another Cincinnati artist, Joseph Henry Sharp, he sailed to Germany, did some traveling, and enrolled in the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in October. After completing the program, Hauser continued his studies in Paris and Düsseldorf. He returned to Munich for additional study.
Return to the United States
Upon his return to Cincinnati, Hauser began to establish his reputation as an artist. In 1890 he became one of the early members of the Cincinnati Art Club. In 1891 he made his first trip to Arizona and New Mexico, which inspired his interest in portraying Native Americans in his paintings. In 1893 he traveled with John Henry Sharp to New Mexico and other areas of the Southwest.[1] He had a lifelong enchantment with the American Indian and the West. Thereafter he traveled to Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, and South Dakota at every chance through 1908.
Marriage and family
On July 8, 1896, Hauser married Minnie Boltz. They had no children. Minnie often traveled with him, and in 1901 John and Minnie were adopted by the Sioux nation,[2] who named them in their language with the names meaning "Straight White Shield" and "Bring Us Sweets", respectively. John and Minnie Hauser spent considerable time on the Pine Ridge reservation, where they camped in a tent on the Sioux lands for six months a year between 1901 and 1905. When the couple built a home in the Clifton area of Cincinnati in 1904, they named it "Pine Ridge" to reflect their love of and respect for the Sioux.
Career
Hauser painted hundreds of portraits of Native Americans, including Sitting Bull, Little Wound, Bald Face, Red Cloud, and countless others. Contemporary accounts comment on the realistic accuracy reflected in the portraits, and also in his portrayals of scenes from Indian life. His paintings of Indian life as he saw the villages and his Indian portraits are considered especially important for their authentic detail.[2] He produced numerous paintings that tell a story, including his largest documented canvas, now in the collection of the Cincinnati Public Schools, which depicts the "Advance of Civilization".
Legacy
The John Hauser Project has been established as a non-commercial effort to produce a catalogue raisonné of his works and a full biography of John Hauser.[3]
See also
Notes
- ^ Forrest Fenn, Teepee Smoke: A New Look into the Life and Work of Joseph Henry Sharp, Santa Fe: One Horse Land And Cattle Co., 2007
- ^ ISBN 0804006075.
- ^ John Hauser Project
References
- Fenn, Forrest. Teepee Smoke: A New Look into the Life and Work of Joseph Henry Sharp, Santa Fe: One Horse Land And Cattle Co., 2007
- The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. Vol. 16. New York: White, 1918. "Hauser, John." pp. 79–80.
- Wright, G. Frederick; Representative Citizens of Ohio: Memorial—Biographical, Cleveland: Memorial, 1914. " John Hauser." pp. 333–36.
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