Joseph Imhoff

Joseph Imhof (1871–1955) was an American painter.

Though he made his declare painting portraits of the Southwest's native peoples, Joseph Imhof was born and raised in New York City. After teaching himself lithography, he was hired by Currier & Ives. He saved up enough money from his job to purchase a bookstore, which he well along sold to pursue an art education in Europe. He studied in Paris, Brussels, Antwerp and Munich.

A unintentional meeting past Buffalo Bill Cody in Antwerp changed the focus of his artistic career. He returned to New York and quickly began to book the portraits of Iroquois people in New York and Canada. He built a studio in Albuquerque in 1906 and spent the adjacent few years traveling re the region. In 1929, Imhof and his wife, Sarah, relocated every time to Taos, New Mexico. There, he made models alive in his house for some time before he could paint them. He felt that he needed to know them at a deeper level.