Painting of the Day, November 9, 2011

By Donna Poulton

"I paint the Indian as he is. In the garden digging--in the field working--riding amongst the sage--meeting his woman in the desert--angling for trout--in meditation" (Walter Ufer, American Art Review, June, 1999).

Credit: Coeur D’Alene Auction

Walter Ufer (1876–1936), In the Garden, c.1920, oil on canvas, 30.50 x 30.50 in.

Unlike his fellow artists working in Taos in the 1920s, Walter Ufer rejected the image of Pueblo people as idealized, opting to instead to show the native culture at work with such titles as: The Washer Women, A Pueblo Well Scene and In the Garden.