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Birth
1891 (Buffalo, New York)
Death
1977 (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
Lived/Active
New Mexico
Self portrait
Often Known For
landscape, mod figure, sculptor
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A significant contributor to modernism in the American Southwest, Josef Bakos was a member of "Los Cinco Pintores," Spanish for Five Painters, the first artist group in New Mexico devoted to modernism and bringing art to the people of New Mexico, those who worked in factories, mines, etc. so that they could have a greater appreciation of beauty.
Bakos was the son of Polish immigrants and grew up in Buffalo, New York. He studied at the Art School at the Albright Art Gallery with John Thom (showing 500 of 5930 characters). |
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