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| | A Navajo, Roan Horse was educated by the priests at St. Michaels Indian Mission. In his youth he was a mail-carrier on the reservation. At the Albuquerque Indian School he had his first opportunity to draw and paint. After studying at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles in 1928-32, he returned to Arizona where he taught young Indian artists to combine their traditional art heritage with modern forms and techniques. Exh: Artists Fiesta (LA), 1931. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
California Arts and Architecture list, 1932; Ferdinand Perret Files; The Otis Story, p. 28; American Indian Painters (1968). | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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