Harold Joe Waldrum
Harold Joe Waldrum (1934–2003)[1] was an American artist whose abstract works depict color studies and the old adobe churches of northern New Mexico. Waldrum’s works are held in the collections of the Museum of New Mexico, the Palm Springs Art Museum, the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, and the Harwood Foundation of Taos, New Mexico.
Taos
By the early 1980s Waldrum had become established in Taos, New Mexico working in the studio that had been built in 1915 by Taos painter Joseph Henry Sharp. Waldrum began using a Polaroid SX-70 to capture angles and light conditions, but soon the photographs became artworks in their own right. He established the El Valle Foundation in 1985 and began working to preserve the buildings that had inspired many of his paintings. Some churches were saved through the efforts of this foundation.
Ranch
In 1989 Waldrum moved farther south, to a ranch in the mountains between Albuquerque and Socorro, New Mexico, where he lived until 1997. During that time, he engaged master printer Robert Blanchard of Albuquerque to assist him in creating an expansive series of aquatint etchings and linocuts based on his abstract architectural depictions.[2]
Truth or Consequences
Waldrum moved to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico in 1997 and established Rio Bravo Fine Art Gallery. His gallery continues in operation today showing artists of the region.[3]
Works
- Books
- Waldrum, Harold Joe; Peterson, William (1985). The Gerald Peters Gallery Presents Harold Joe Waldrum, October 6-26, 1985. Gerald Peters Gallery. ISBN 0935037004.
- Waldrum, Harold J. (1985). Maxon, Gayle; Hopkins, Quincie, eds. Harold Joe Waldrum: The Churches of Northern New Mexico. Gerald Peters Gallery. ISBN 0935037012.
- Waldrum, Harold (1990). Harold Joe Waldrum: Gallery as Printmaking Studio. Palm Springs Desert Museum.
- Waldrum, Harold Joe (1994). Ando en Cueros (I Walk Stark Naked). Bosque, NM: Chinaberry Press. ISBN 0-9641991-0-6.
References
- ↑ "Harold J. Waldrum (1934–2003)". ValleyFineArt.com. Valley Fine Art. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
- ↑ Waldrum, Harold (1990). Harold Joe Waldrum: Gallery as Printmaking Studio. Palm Springs Desert Museum.
- ↑ Bell, Brian; Gattuso, John, eds. (2004). New Mexico. Insight Guides. Langenscheidt Publishing Group. p. 269. ISBN 9789814120777.
Further reading
- Hagerty, Donald J. (1997). Leading the West: One Hundred Contemporary Painters and Sculptors. Northland Pub. p. 194. ISBN 9780873586009.
- Levin, Eli (2006). Santa Fe Bohemia: The Art Colony, 1964-1980. Sunstone Press. pp. 262–269. ISBN 9780865345126.
- Southwest Art, October 1986 and May 1995