Negatives

Photographs of and from Archie Boyd Teater, painter born in Boise in 1901. Images are from Teater's travels, family photos, and photographs of his oil paintings. Teater was born in Boise, Idaho, on July 5, 1901. In seventh grade, he was kicked out of the Ten Mile School in Boise for drawing during arithmetic. At age 23, he studied two years at the Portland Art Museum. He then studied for eight years at the Art Students League and in New York, Europe, and Asia. In 1928, he built and worked in an art studio in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and he spent every summer there painting except during World War II. Teater met and married (Agnes) Patricia Wilson in Jackson Hole in 1941. She was also an artist and acted as Teater's gallery and business manager. The couple traveled the globe, and Teater painted in each of the 115 countries he visited. He painted portraits, street scenes, still life, and landscapes in oils. His work was exhibited at the MOMA and other museums in the U.S. and in art galleries in Europe.