Archie Blackowl (Cheyenne) was born and raised in Oklahoma. When he was seven years old, the U.S. government placed him in an Indian boarding school. “When I was seven years old, they took me to this damn Indian school, and we had to stand in line, and they cut my hair off. They just cut my braids off and threw them into a box with all the other children’s braids. It was hard being an Indian in them days.” He studied painting under the Swedish muralist Olle Nordmark. His painting style is indicative of the flat studio-style encouraged by Dorothy Dunn and the subject matter of the Oklahoma-centric Bacone Style. Blackowl was active in the juried Philbrook Indian Annual. Blackowl’s attention to detail and ability to recreate the supple textures of depicted garments set him apart from his contemporaries. He painted this Pipe Dance series late in his illustrious career, four years before his death in 1992 at 81. Archie Blackowl’s works are included in the permanent collections of many public institutions, including the Gilcrease Museum, Philbrook Museum, and the Sequoyah Research Center in Little Rock, Arkansas....
Archie Blackowl (Cheyenne) was born and raised in Oklahoma. When he was seven years old, the U.S. government placed him in an Indian boarding school. “When I was seven years old, they took me to this damn Indian school, and we had to stand in line, and they cut my hair off. They just cut my braids off and threw them into a box with all the other children’s braids. It was hard being an Indian in them days.” He studied painting under the Swedish muralist Olle Nordmark. His painting style is indicative of the flat studio-style encouraged by Dorothy Dunn and the subject matter of the Oklahoma-centric Bacone Style. Blackowl was active in the juried Philbrook Indian Annual. Blackowl’s attention to detail and ability to recreate the supple textures of depicted garments set him apart from his contemporaries. He painted this Pipe Dance series late in his illustrious career, four years before his death in 1992 at 81. Archie Blackowl’s works are included in the permanent collections of many public institutions, including the Gilcrease Museum, Philbrook Museum, and the Sequoyah Research Center in Little Rock, Arkansas....
Archie Blackowl's flat style version of a dancer jumps off the page. Archie Blackowl lived in Oklahoma. This piece is from the Jeanne Snodgrass Collection. Ms. Snodgrass worked at both the Philbrook Museum and the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She wrote extensively on Native American Art and is the author of The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters, which is the definitive work on Native American Painters. When Archie Blackowl was seven years old, the U.S, government placed him into an Indian boarding school. "When I was seven years old they took me to this damn Indian school and we had to stand in line and they cut my hair off. They just cut my braids off and threw them into a box with all the other children's braids. It was hard being an Indian in them days." Archie Blackowl's works are included in the permanent collections of a number of public institutions, including the Gilcrease and Philbrook museums inTulsa, Oklahoma, and the Sequoayah Research Center in Little Rock, Arkansas....
Note the colors and fine detail in this Archie Blackowl portrait. Archie Blackowl lived in Oklahoma. When he was seven years old, the U.S. government placed Archie into an Indian boarding school. "When I was seven years old they took me to this damn Indian school and we had to stand in line and they cut my hair off. They just cut my braids off and threw them into a box with all the other children's braids. It was hard being an Indian in them days." Archie Blackowl's works are included in the permanent collections of a number of public institutions, including the Gilcrease and Philbrook museums in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the Sequoyah Research Center in Little Rock, Arkansas....
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