Original Painting of a Young Navajo Sheepherder [SOLD]

There is very little published information on Charlie Begay.  I have been unable to determine his age or where he lives.  He is a contemporary Navajo artist who is known to have been active in the last half of the 20^th century.  His works were exhibited at the annual American Indian Art Exhibition at the Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the late 1970s.  He is represented in the collection of the Heritage Center Collection at the Red Cloud Indian School, Pine Ridge, South Dakota.

Charlie Begay’s painting style is quite similar to that of Harrison Begay in that his presentation of Navajo lifeway’s is ideal and romantic, the landscape is beautiful and restful, the animals are healthy and bountiful, and the children are beautifully dressed and innocent.

In this painting, Begay presents to us a young Navajo boy, dressed in his finest, riding his donkey while leading his sheep to pasture.

Condition: appears in very good condition and has recently been framed using acid-free materials and a new wood frame.  It is ready to hang and enjoy

Provenance: from the Friends of the Commerce (TX) Public Library