Painting of a Cheyenne Peyote Ceremony [SOLD]

According to Snodgrass 1968, "Blackowl became aware of art at the age of six when he saw old Red Tooth painting a skin tipi.  Encouraged by Woodrow Wilson Crumbo (q.v.), he began to paint seriously in the early 1930s. During his many years as an artist he maintained his traditional style, portraying accurately the Cheyenne traditions and culture that he experienced in his life.  In his art as in his life he remained faithful to his heritage."

Blackowl attended school at Fort Sill, OK; Haskell Institute; University of Kansas, and the California Art Institute.  He was a teacher, government muralist, civil service employee, Walt Disney Studios employee, industrial painter for the aircraft industry, and artist.  He painted a mural at the Philbrook Art Center in Tulsa, OK.

According to Dorothy Dunn (1968) "More recognized for his mural art, Archie Blackowl, Cheyenne, now rarely enters his tempera paintings in museum exhibitions; however, these appear occasionally in Indian arts centers and small galleries.  Dancers and ceremonial groups, hunts and animals, at times too heavily depicted, are his usual subjects."

Condition:  The painting is in very good condition

Provenance: from the collection of Katherine H. Rust

Reference:  American Indian Painting of the Southwest and Plains Areas by Dorothy Dunn. 1968.