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Carl Newland Werntz Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: PAAC-0035

Scope and Content

Important collection of original photographs of Hopi, Apache, Havasupai peoples, Fort Apache and other locations, dated circa 1900. As an established artist, Werntz had a highly sophisticated approach to photography. No accession records for this collection. The work of William H. Simpson somehow seems to be tied to this collection but there is no paper trail to verify that.

Dates

  • 1900

Creator

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to researchers on a request basis only, pending approval of request to view original material.

Copy Restrictions

User responsible for all copyright compliance. Permission to publish must be obtained from Photo Archives. Form to request permission available at: https://www.nmhistorymuseum.org/collections/photo-archives/order-photos

Biographical Information

Carl Newland Werntz was a well known Chicago painter, fine arts photographer, illustrator, cartoonist and educator who founded the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Born in Sterling, Illinois in 1874 Werntz and his wife were wide ranging world travelers who, through painting and sketching expeditions, played an important role in the development of painting in the Southwest. Werntz was a camera pictorialist photographer. In the early 1900s he visited the Hubbell Trading Post in Arizona, spending a great deal of time with the Apache as well as other sites in Arizona and New Mexico, documenting Native American life. Because Werntz was passionate about the American Southwest, he retained New Mexico artists such as Victor Higgins and William Penhallow Henderson to teach at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. He died in 1944 on a trip to Mexico during World War II, when travel to Europe or Asia was impossible

Extent

.75 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Creator

Title
Carl Newland Werntz Photographs, 1900
Status
Under Revision
Author
DK
Date
© 2010
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Revision Statements

  • 07/19/2024: Revised by CD as part of the finding aid update project, 2024

Repository Details

Part of the NMHM Palace of the Governors Photo Archives Repository

Contact:
113 Lincoln Ave.
Santa Fe NM 87501 USA