Socorro – An exhibition of paintings, drawings and photographs by Carlos Vierra will be on display at Manzanares Street Coffeehouse from Dec. 15 to Jan. 15. The coffeehouse is located at 101 Manzanares at the east edge of the plaza and is open daily.
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Carlos Vierra’s Northern New Mexico in Winter
Known as the founder of the art colony in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Carlos Vierra was an early traveler throughout the West and was the first professional Caucasian artist to arrive in Santa Fe.
He was born in Moss Landing, California, a small fishing town on the Monterey Bay in 1876, the son of Portuguese parents who had been given land in California under a Spanish Land Grant. He studied art at the Mark Hopkins School in San Francisco and in New York where he achieved recognition for his marine paintings.
Suffering from lung problems, Vierra moved to Santa Fe, in 1904 to be treated at Sunmount Sanatorium which was located high on a hill above Canyon Road.
He is credited with founding the art colony in Santa Fe and for helping the city preserve its architectural heritage.
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/vierra2.jpg align=left border=2 hspace=4 vspace=4>Photography and fieldwork gave authenticity to murals he painted in San Diego and in the newly completed Fine Arts Museum in Santa Fe. “In careful paintings of the mission churches at New Mexico’s pueblos,” according to one biography, “Vierra lovingly recorded the blending of Pueblo and mission architecture that became known as the Santa Fe style.”
He is credited with the preservation of the city’s unique atmosphere, working to maintain the old style of pueblo architecture and historic landmarks; and he designed and built a Santa Fe style home in 1918.
Other Canyon Road artists included William P. Henderson, a nationally known painter, who also designed furniture and buildings in the style and his artist neighbor, Frank Applegate, who championed the restoration of historic Spanish churches. From the 1920s on, nearly all artists, writers, architects, and other style leaders built their Santa Fe homes in the Spanish/Pueblo Revival style now known as the Santa Fe style.
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/vierranephew.jpg align=right border=2 hspace=4 vspace=4>All of the Vierra exhibition pieces are from private collections; the exhibit is being organized by Karl Frisch, who is a great nephew of Carlos Vierra’s. “Some of this is from when he was in art school,” said Karl’s wife Patty. The couple owns Manzanares Street Coffeehouse and the adjacent Spoke-n-word Cycles.
Vierra also worked with the American Anthropological Museum in Central America, Karl noted, where he photographed Mayan ruins during the early 1910s.
You’d have to be prepared to plunk down a hefty amount of cash should you wish to purchase any of Vierra’s paintings. (None at the exhibit are for sale although if you Google Vierra you will find some for sale – at unlisted prices. One of two of his properties in Santa Fe also is for sale.) But the public can still enjoy his work in a mural at the Palace of Governors, the original The Museum of Fine Arts.
It is a series of oil on canvas images about the life of Saint Francis, completed for the opening of the building. They were begun by artist Donald Beauregard, and finished after his untimely death by Kenneth Chapman and Carlos Vierra. These murals are in the Saint Francis Auditorium.
And now you can get a glimpse into the life of Carlos Vierra and his extraordinary life through this exhibit at Manzanares Street Coffeehouse. The exhibit will open Friday, Dec. 15 with a reception. A jazz duo will provide music and complementary hors d’oeuvres will be served.
The exhibit continues through Jan. 15, 2007. The Manzanares Street Coffeehouse is open daily 6 am to 10 pm serving Fair Trade Coffee, homemade gelato, sandwiches, scones and other treats. For more information, call 838-0809.
By Socorro Reporter
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Socorro – An exhibition of paintings, drawings and photographs by Carlos Vierra will be on display at Manzanares Street Coffeehouse from Dec. 15 to Jan. 15. The coffeehouse is located at 101 Manzanares at the east edge of the plaza and is open daily.
http://sonewmex.com/images/vierra1.jpg
Carlos Vierra’s Northern New Mexico in Winter
Known as the founder of the art colony in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Carlos Vierra was an early traveler throughout the West and was the first professional Caucasian artist to arrive in Santa Fe.
He was born in Moss Landing, California, a small fishing town on the Monterey Bay in 1876, the son of Portuguese parents who had been given land in California under a Spanish Land Grant. He studied art at the Mark Hopkins School in San Francisco and in New York where he achieved recognition for his marine paintings.
Suffering from lung problems, Vierra moved to Santa Fe, in 1904 to be treated at Sunmount Sanatorium which was located high on a hill above Canyon Road.
He is credited with founding the art colony in Santa Fe and for helping the city preserve its architectural heritage.
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/vierra2.jpg align=left border=2 hspace=4 vspace=4>Photography and fieldwork gave authenticity to murals he painted in San Diego and in the newly completed Fine Arts Museum in Santa Fe. “In careful paintings of the mission churches at New Mexico’s pueblos,” according to one biography, “Vierra lovingly recorded the blending of Pueblo and mission architecture that became known as the Santa Fe style.”
He is credited with the preservation of the city’s unique atmosphere, working to maintain the old style of pueblo architecture and historic landmarks; and he designed and built a Santa Fe style home in 1918.
Other Canyon Road artists included William P. Henderson, a nationally known painter, who also designed furniture and buildings in the style and his artist neighbor, Frank Applegate, who championed the restoration of historic Spanish churches. From the 1920s on, nearly all artists, writers, architects, and other style leaders built their Santa Fe homes in the Spanish/Pueblo Revival style now known as the Santa Fe style.
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/vierranephew.jpg align=right border=2 hspace=4 vspace=4>All of the Vierra exhibition pieces are from private collections; the exhibit is being organized by Karl Frisch, who is a great nephew of Carlos Vierra’s. “Some of this is from when he was in art school,” said Karl’s wife Patty. The couple owns Manzanares Street Coffeehouse and the adjacent Spoke-n-word Cycles.
Vierra also worked with the American Anthropological Museum in Central America, Karl noted, where he photographed Mayan ruins during the early 1910s.
You’d have to be prepared to plunk down a hefty amount of cash should you wish to purchase any of Vierra’s paintings. (None at the exhibit are for sale although if you Google Vierra you will find some for sale – at unlisted prices. One of two of his properties in Santa Fe also is for sale.) But the public can still enjoy his work in a mural at the Palace of Governors, the original The Museum of Fine Arts.
It is a series of oil on canvas images about the life of Saint Francis, completed for the opening of the building. They were begun by artist Donald Beauregard, and finished after his untimely death by Kenneth Chapman and Carlos Vierra. These murals are in the Saint Francis Auditorium.
And now you can get a glimpse into the life of Carlos Vierra and his extraordinary life through this exhibit at Manzanares Street Coffeehouse. The exhibit will open Friday, Dec. 15 with a reception. A jazz duo will provide music and complementary hors d’oeuvres will be served.
The exhibit continues through Jan. 15, 2007. The Manzanares Street Coffeehouse is open daily 6 am to 10 pm serving Fair Trade Coffee, homemade gelato, sandwiches, scones and other treats. For more information, call 838-0809.