Download or read book The Beat of the Drum and the Whoop of the Dance written by Forrest Fenn and published by Nicholson. This book was released on 1983 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Henry Sharp (27 September 1859 - 29 August 1953) was an American painter and a founding member of the Taos Society of Artists, of which he is considered the "Spiritual Father". Sharp was one of the earliest European-American artists to visit Taos, New Mexico, which he saw in 1893 with John Hauser when he visited in 1893. He painted American Indian portraits and cultural life, as well as Western landscapes. From Amazon.com.