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Birth
1887 (Viola, Wisconsin)
Death
1938 (Chicago, Illinois)
Lived/Active
New Mexico/Illinois
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Indian-western genre painting, illustration
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Taos Pre 1940
Western Painters
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Born in Viola, Wisconsin, Laverne Black became a painter and sculptor
of western genre. His style combined Impressionism and Modernism,
and he did not receive much attention for his work during his lifetime
but was much appreciated later for his pictorial record of western
life.
He was the son of an innkeeper, and as a child, often
played with Indian boys from the local Kickapoo reservation. From
these experiences, he acquired great interest in Indian legends and
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