Joseph Henry Sharp (American 1859–1953) was known as a painter and printmaker and a founding member of the Taos Society of Artists. Born in Bridgeport, Ohio, he trained at the McMicken School of Design in Cincinnati and later studied in Antwerp, Munich, and Paris, developing a strong academic foundation in European realist traditions before turning his focus to the American West. Sharp is especially known for his portraits and scenes of Native American life in the Northern Plains and Southwest. His etchings and prints, alongside paintings and monotypes, extended his practice of detailed observation and documentation, often translating his field sketches into finely rendered works that preserve cultural and historical narratives of Indigenous communities and the American frontier.