S1E23 Archie Boyd Teater: Art, Architecture, Artifacts & Archives

The life of American Western artist Archie Boyd Teater is recorded through his art, the construction of his studio/home, and in the extensive collection of archival material and artifacts left after the death of he and his wife, Patricia.

Born in Boise in 1901, Teater became a prolific impressionist painter. With a popular studio in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Teater found success painting western scenes, commissioned portraits, and the Teton Range. His art funded trips around the world, and in the 1950s, a studio/home in Idaho designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The only Frank Lloyd Wright designed structure in Idaho, Teater's Knoll still overlooks the Snake River.

Teater's legacy reaches across disciplines and generations, still touching the lives of people who knew and study him. This conversation will explore Teater's life and ongoing impact through the many sources that recorded his story.

Henry Whiting, owner of Teater's Knoll in Hagerman, Idaho. Henry is an expert on Frank Lloyd Wright and he has written two books about his home in Hagerman.

Lester Taylor is a former economics professor who wrote the book on Archie Boyd Teater. His book, The Life and Art of Archie Boyd Teater, was published in 2016. He owns hundreds of Teater paintings and met Archie when he was alive.

Employed by the Idaho State Historical Society, Chelsee (she/her) is a public historian with a background in archives and museums. She earned her MA from Boise State in 2017.

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