PUEBLO PEAK PEINT PAR WILLIAM VICTOR HIGGINS

 

WILLIAM VICTOR HIGGINS (1884-1949)

Pueblo Peak  (2,631m - 8,632ft)

United States of America (Oregon / Nevada) 

In Taos mountains under Rain 1921, oil on canvas, RISD Museum

La montagne
Pueblo Peak (2 631 m - 8 632 pieds) est le point culminant du massif des Pueblo, une chaîne de montagnes des États-Unis située principalement dans le sud-est de l'Oregon et partiellement dans le nord-ouest du Nevada. La plupart des montagnes Pueblo sont gérées par le Federal Bureau of Land Management, Bien qu'il n'y ait pas de zone sauvage désignée comme telle dans ces montagne,  y voyager peut être très difficile. Le Desert Trail  qui traverse les montagnes n'est pas un sentier de randonnée aménagé. Le parcours est simplement balisé par des cairns rocheux qui servent de repères. Les cairns ont été construits dans le cadre d'une coopération entre le Bureau of Land Management, le Département des parcs et des loisirs de l'Oregon et la Desert Trail Association (une organisation privée). La Desert Trail Association publie une carte topographique pour les randonneurs qui donne des indications de cairn en cairn.
Le pâturage des bovins et des moutons dans les montagnes de Pueblo a commencé lorsque les premiers ranchs ont été établis le long du bord oriental des montagnes au milieu des années 1860.
Les mineurs ont été parmi les premiers à explorer ces montagnes. Il y a au moins 18 endroits où l'exploitation minière a eu lieu dans le passé.
L'énergie éolienne est actuellement à l'étude dans les montagnes Pueblo. Le test a permis à une entreprise privée d'énergie éolienne d'installer, d'exploiter et d'entretenir deux pôles météorologiques.

Le peintre
William Victor Higgins était un peintre et enseignant américain, né à Shelbyville, Indiana. Il a étudié à l'Art Institute de Chicago et à la Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. A Paris, il fut l'élève de Robert Henri, René Ménard et Lucien Simon, et lorsqu'il était à Munich, il étudia avec Hans von Hayek. Il était associé de la National Academy of Design. Higgins s'installa à Taos, Nouveau-Mexique en 1913 et rejoignit t en 1917 la Taos Society of Artists fondée deux ans auparavant par Joseph Henry Sharp, W. Herbert Dunton, Eanger Irving Couse et Oscar Edmund Berninghaus.
En 1923, il fonde la Hartwood Foundation avec Louise Harwood et Bert Phillips. Il peint alors de nombreuses oeuvres représentant la chaîne de montagnes entourant la ville de Taos et notamment les montagnes de Pueblo. Pendant la Dépression, il a été chargé de peindre une peinture murale à l'intérieur du palais de justice du comté de Taos financée par le PWAP, intitulée Moises, El Legislador.

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2022 - Wandering Vertexes ....
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CRISTO MOUNTAINS PAINTED BY WILLIAM VICTOR HIGGINS

WILLIAM VICTOR HIGGINS (1884-1949)
Cristo mountains (4,374m-14, 351ft)
United States of America (Colorado and New Mexico)

In  Taos mountains New Mexico, 1921, oil on canvas

The mountains
Cristo mountains (culminating at Bianca Peak 4,374m-14, 351ft ), origanally The Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Spanish for "Blood of Christ") are the southernmost subrange of the Rocky Mountains. They are located in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico in the United States. The mountains run from Poncha Pass in South-Central Colorado, trending southeast and south, ending at Glorieta Pass, southeast of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The mountains contain a number of fourteen thousand foot peaks in the Colorado portion, as well as all the peaks in New Mexico which are over thirteen thousand feet.
The name of the mountains may refer to the occasional reddish hues observed during sunrise and sunset, and when alpenglow occurs, especially when the mountains are covered with snow. Although the particular origin of the name is unclear, it has been in use since the early 19th century. Before that time the terms "La Sierra Nevada", "La Sierra Madre", "La Sierra", and "The Snowies" (used by English speakers) were used. According to tradition, "sangre de Cristo" were the last words of a Catholic priest who was killed by Indians.

The artist
William Victor Higgins was an American painter and teacher, born at Shelbyville, Indiana. He studied at the Art Institute in Chicago and at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts.
In Paris he was a pupil of Robert Henri, René Menard and Lucien Simon, and when he was in Munich he studied with Hans von Hayek. He was an associate of the National Academy of Design. Higgins moved to Taos, New Mexico in 1913 and joined in 1917 the Taos Society of Artists founded two years before by Joseph Henry Sharp, W. Herbert Dunton, Eanger Irving Couse et Oscar Edmund Berninghaus.
In 1923 he founded The Hartwood Foundation with Louise Harwood and Bert Phillips. He then painted a lot of works representing the mountains range surrounding the city of Taos and especially the Pueblo Mountains.
During the Depression, he was commissioned to paint a mural inside the Taos County Courthouse financed by the PWAP, titled Moises, El Legislador. 

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2021 - Wandering Vertexes / Mountain paintings
By Francis Rousseau

PUEBLO PEAK PAINTED BY WILLIAM VICTOR HIGGINS

WILLIAM VICTOR HIGGINS (1884-1949)

Pueblo Peak  (2,631m - 8,632ft)

United States of America (Oregon / Nevada) 

In Taos, New Mexico, 1921, oil on canvas, RISD Museum

The mountain 
Pueblo Peak (2,631m - 8,632ft) to Pueblo Mountain is the highest point of the Pueblo Mountains, a remote mountain range in the United States located mostly in southeastern Oregon and partially in northwestern Nevada. Most land in the Pueblo Mountains is managed by the federal Bureau of Land Management.
While there is no designated wilderness area in the Pueblo Mountains, traveling in the mountains can be very challenging. The Desert Trail runs through the mountains; however, it is not a developed hiking trail. The route is simply marked by rock cairns that serve as guideposts. The cairns were built as a cooperative venture between the Bureau of Land Management, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, and the Desert Trail Association (a private organization). The Desert Trail Association publishes a topographic map for hikers that gives directions for orienteering from cairn to cairn.
Cattle and sheep grazing in the Pueblo Mountains began when the first ranches were established along the eastern edge of the mountains in the mid-1860s.
Miners were among the first to explore the Pueblo Mountains. There are at least 18 locations where mining took place in the past.
Wind power is now being explored in the Pueblo Mountains. The test allowed a private wind energy company to install, operate, and maintain two meteorological poles.

 The painter 
William Victor Higgins was an American painter and teacher, born at Shelbyville, Indiana. He studied at the Art Institute in Chicago and at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts.
In Paris he was a pupil of Robert Henri, René Menard and Lucien Simon, and when he was in Munich he studied with Hans von Hayek.  He was an associate of the National Academy of Design. Higgins moved to Taos, New Mexico in 1913 and joined in 1917 the Taos Society of Artists  founded  two years before by Joseph Henry Sharp, W. Herbert Dunton, Eanger Irving Couse et Oscar Edmund Berninghaus.
In 1923 he founded The Hartwood Foundation with Louise Harwood and Bert Phillips. He then painted a lot of works representing the mountains range surrounding the city of Taos and especially the Pueblo Mountains.

During the Depression, he was commissioned to paint a mural inside the Taos County Courthouse financed by the PWAP, titled Moises, El Legislador.

PICURIS MOUNTAINS PAINTED BY VICTOR HIGGINS

 

 

VICTOR HIGGINS ( 1884-1949)
Picuris Mountains (2,967 m - 9,734 ft)
United States of America (New Mexico)

In Taos Mountain, ca. 1940, oil on canvas, Private collection 

The mountains
Picuris Mountains (2,967 m - 9,734 feet) is one of the Ridge in Taos County, nearby Osha Canyon and Vallecitos. Named Pikuria – those who paint – by Spanish colonizer Juan de Oñate, Picuris is located 24 miles (38 km) southeast of Taos in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains via N.M. 68, 518, and 75. Picuris, once the largest, today is one of the smallest Tiwa pueblos, with some 1,801 inhabitants (Census 2000). Like Taos, it was influenced by Plains Indian culture, particularly the Apaches
If one like biking, the ride takes you into the scenic and historic part of Picuris Mountains. About 2 miles from the start of this ride you will cross the historic Camino Real, or “Royal Highway,” that served as the original highway to Taos for traders, settlers, and Native Americans traveling north and south for several hundred years.
In late spring through fall this ride is free of snow and dry. It can be pretty beastly pushing up this mountain in the middle of summer. Plan on riding early or late in the day to avoid the heat.

The artist
William Victor Higgins was an American painter and teacher, born at Shelbyville, Indiana. He studied at the Art Institute in Chicago and at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts.
In Paris he was a pupil of Robert Henri, René Menard and Lucien Simon, and when he was in Munich he studied with Hans von Hayek. He was an associate of the National Academy of Design. Higgins moved to Taos, New Mexico in 1913 and joined in 1917 the Taos Society of Artists founded two years before by Joseph Henry Sharp, W. Herbert Dunton, Eanger Irving Couse et Oscar Edmund Berninghaus.
In 1923 he founded The Hartwood Foundation with Louise Harwood and Bert Phillips. He then painted a lot of works representing the mountains range surrounding the city of Taos and especially the Pueblo Mountains.
During the Depression, he was commissioned to paint a mural inside the Taos County Courthouse financed by the PWAP, titled Moises, El Legislador.

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2021 - Wandering Vertexes 
A blog by Francis Rousseau