Callers by Walter Ufer
02/21/25 • 10 min
No bows and arrows, no hunting buffalo on horseback. Walter Ufer saw first-hand that Native Americans in the 1920s weren't the romanticized caricatures from the old Wild West shows.
In today's episode we're looking at “Callers” and find out how a city boy from Chicago ended up in Taos, NM and broke all the rules when it came to depicting his friends and neighbors as real people trying to balance the modern world with tradition.
SHOW NOTES “A Long Look” themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and “At the Cafe with You” by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/
Episode Music “Free Guitar Riding Blues” and “Follow the Little Creek” by Loco Lobo. Courtesy of Free Music Archive https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/completly-free/free-guitar-riding-blues-f-014
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/verona/follow-the-little-creek-faster-id-1386
“Clusticus the Mistaken” by Doctor Turtle. Courtesy of the artist https://doctorturtle.bandcamp.com/album/free-turtle-archive-everything-cc-by-by-turtle
Artwork information https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/callers-24394
Artist info https://americanart.si.edu/artist/walter-ufer-4912
https://www.historynet.com/walter-ufer/?f
https://cometatomic.com/walter-ufer-a-remarkable-journey-through-art-and-activism/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Ufer
https://www.illinoisart.org/essays/walter-ufer#_ftn23
Ufer letter https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll1/id/1930
Taos Artists Society “The Taos Society of Artists : Masters & Masterworks” by Amy Scott (Internet Archive) https://archive.org/details/taossocietyofart0000scot
Transcript available at https://alonglookpodcast.com/callers-ufer/
No bows and arrows, no hunting buffalo on horseback. Walter Ufer saw first-hand that Native Americans in the 1920s weren't the romanticized caricatures from the old Wild West shows.
In today's episode we're looking at “Callers” and find out how a city boy from Chicago ended up in Taos, NM and broke all the rules when it came to depicting his friends and neighbors as real people trying to balance the modern world with tradition.
SHOW NOTES “A Long Look” themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and “At the Cafe with You” by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/
Episode Music “Free Guitar Riding Blues” and “Follow the Little Creek” by Loco Lobo. Courtesy of Free Music Archive https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/completly-free/free-guitar-riding-blues-f-014
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/verona/follow-the-little-creek-faster-id-1386
“Clusticus the Mistaken” by Doctor Turtle. Courtesy of the artist https://doctorturtle.bandcamp.com/album/free-turtle-archive-everything-cc-by-by-turtle
Artwork information https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/callers-24394
Artist info https://americanart.si.edu/artist/walter-ufer-4912
https://www.historynet.com/walter-ufer/?f
https://cometatomic.com/walter-ufer-a-remarkable-journey-through-art-and-activism/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Ufer
https://www.illinoisart.org/essays/walter-ufer#_ftn23
Ufer letter https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll1/id/1930
Taos Artists Society “The Taos Society of Artists : Masters & Masterworks” by Amy Scott (Internet Archive) https://archive.org/details/taossocietyofart0000scot
Transcript available at https://alonglookpodcast.com/callers-ufer/
Previous Episode
Encore-Woman Holding a Balance by Vermeer
While I’m taking a break, I thought you might enjoy this encore presentation of a popular episode from 2019—the gorgeous Woman Holding a Balance at the National Gallery of Art. If you want to follow along, you can find it at alonglookpodcast.com/vermeer.
And make sure to stick around to the end for a special announcement!
SHOW NOTES
“A Long Look” themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and “At the Cafe with You” by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/
Episode theme is “Caro Mio Ben in C Major” by Giuseppe Giordani, performed by Joel Meza. https://soundcloud.com/joel-meza-1/caro-mio-ben-in-c-major
“Women Holding a Balance” information https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.1236.html
https://www.nga.gov/collection/highlights/vermeer-woman-holding-a-balance.html
Vermeer information https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1951.html
“Essential Vermeer” website (extensive amount of info!) https://www.essentialvermeer.com
Widener information “Dutch Paintings at the National Gallery of Art: The Untold Stories behind the Acquisitions of the Rembrandts, Vermeers, and Other Treasures in the Collection” (audio) https://www.nga.gov/global-site-search-page.html?searchterm=wheelock+audio
RECOMMENDED READING “Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting” by Adriaan Waiboer, et al. Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland, 2017.
Exhibit brochure https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/exhibitions/pdfs/2017/vermeer-brochurel.pdf
“Vermeer: Faith in Art” by Daniel Arasse
Transcript available at https://alonglookpodcast.com/encore-woman-balance-vermeer/
Next Episode
Luncheon of the Boating Party by Renoir
So much better than Instagram! Pierre-Auguste Renoir invited 14 friends to lunch one summer--several lunches actually--and ended up creating this spectacular work of art.
In today’s episode we find out about this happy group and that beautiful riverside restaurant they’re clearly enjoying. And I’ll tell you a pretty funny story about how Duncan Phillips was able to get this stunner for his new modern art museum, the Phillips Collection in Washington DC.
SHOW NOTES
“A Long Look” themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and “At the Cafe with You” by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/
Episode music “Parisian” by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
From Blue Dot Sessions: “Via Verre” https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/306837
“Symphony 40 In G Minor” https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/306840
“Etude 9 Stefan” https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/306841
Artwork information https://www.phillipscollection.org/collection/luncheon-boating-party
https://www.phillipscollection.org/event/2017-10-06-renoir-and-friends-luncheon-boating-party
“The Eye of Duncan Phillips: A collection in the making” by Duncan Philips and David W. Scott. 1999. Edited by Erika D. Passantino. Washington, DC: Phillips Collection in association with Yale University New Haven.
Sitters identified https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luncheon_of_the_Boating_Party
Holston papers William H. Holston papers, 1915-1964. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Reel D-169 #1029-31
“Luncheon of the Boating Party” by Susan Vreeland https://bookshop.org/p/books/luncheon-of-the-boating-party-susan-vreeland/11716075?ean=9780143113522&next=t
Maison Fournaise https://www.maisonfournaise.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maison_Fournaise
Caillebotte episode https://alonglookpodcast.com/08-skiffs-caillebotte
Transcript available at https://alonglookpodcast.com/boatingparty/
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