Artist

E. Irving Couse

Portrait of E. Irving Couse
Portrait of E. Irving Couse

American, 1866–1936

E. Irving Couse was an American American Impressionism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Brooklyn Museum. E. Irving Couse was born in Saginaw.

Eanger Irving Couse (September 3, 1866 – April 26, 1936) was an American artist and a founding member and first president of the Taos Society of Artists. Born and reared in Saginaw, Michigan, he went to New York City and Paris to study art. While spending summers in Taos, New Mexico, he began to make the paintings of Native Americans, New Mexico, and the American Southwest for which he is best known.

He later settled full time in Taos. His house and studio in Taos have been preserved as the Eanger Irving Couse House and Studio, Joseph Henry Sharp Studios. The complex is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the New Mexico Register of Cultural Properties.

His work was also part of the art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Works by E. Irving Couse

Collections represented

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