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| | Born Browning, MT, Apr. 19, 1907; died 1984. Painter. Woodcarver. Commercial sign painter. Native American of the Blackfeet tribe. Attended Haskell Institute, Lawrence from 1921-22. Graduated from Browning (MT) High School in 1928. Pupil of Winold Reiss, Edward Everett Hale Jr., Adrian Voisin, Carl Hertig Sr., and John L. Clark. Began painting in 1926 but turned to sculpture in 1936. Carved gavels for Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon born Johnson, | Source:
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Museum of the Plains Indian.
SOURCES:
Susan Craig, "Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945)"
Lester, Patrick D. The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters. Tulsa: Sir Publications, 1995. | | This and over 1,750 other biographies can be found in Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945) compiled by Susan V. Craig, Art & Architecture Librarian at University of Kansas. |
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