Oscar Berninghaus painting study at the Taos Art Museum at the Fechin House

tfw you get a private tour of the archives at the Taos Art Museum at Fechin House and you realize you’re standing in front of an #OscarBerninghaus study in the storage racks… & your head explodes as you realize how often you’ve viewed Mother Mountain from this spot.
#taossocietyofartists

In 1915 he became a founding member of the Taos Society of Artists. He split his time between Taos and St. Louis until making a permanent move to New Mexico in his early 50s.

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