This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| Born to a Cherokee Indian father from the Cookson Hills in Oklahoma,
and an Irish mother of a Texas ranching family, Robert Annesley became
a poet, historian, sculptor, painter and printmaker focusing on
subjects of his Native-American heritage. He has said that
he is "more Irish than Cherokee, and I'm proud of both, but for some
reason I am drawn to my Indian-ness." As a young man he intended
to be a cowboy but changed his mind "after being stomped by the first
bull I ever tried to ride."
At age fourteen, he won his first national award in painting, and by
age eighteen had a two-man exhibition. He took formal art
training at the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State
University. In 1976, he was the first artist given a one-man
retrospective by the Cherokee Nation.
He established his residence in Houston, Texas.
Many of his works are in unusual media such as goldpoint, silverpoint
and an encaustic mixed-media technique that involves beeswax
interspersed with paint and then baked in an oven.
One of his commissions was the design of one side of the Texas Bicentennial coin for the Franklin Mint.
Sources include:
Peggy and Harold Samuels, Contemporary Western Artists. Quotes from page 18
Patrick Lester, The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters, p. 20
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| The following, submitted December 2005, is from Ramona Caldwell, owner
of a painting by the artist. The biography was information
she received when she acquired her painting in Oklahoma City in 1988.
Born in Norman, Oklahoma, in 1943 of a Cherokee father and Irish
mother, Annesley has achieved critical success as a painter, sculptor,
graphic artist, poet and Indian historian. Bob's art combines
personal experiences and research to capture the world of the cowboys,
Indians and wildlife of the American West.
At 14, he won his first art award, and at 18 had his first one-man
show. He continued his formal training in Fine Arts painting and
sculpture at the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma City University.
Annesley turned to fine arts full-time in 1973, winning over 70 major
awards in National Competitions. In 1976, he became the first
artist ever given a one-man retrospective show by the Cherokee Nation
at the Cherokee National Museum. In 1986, he was awarded the
title of "Master Artist" by the five civilized Tribes Museum.
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
The Five Civilized Tribes Museum
The Cherokee National Museum
The Southern Plains Indian Museum
U.S. Dept. of Interior
The Buffalo Museum
The University of Oklahoma Museum of Art |
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