Chief Terry Saul (1921-1976) was born in Oklahoma. He began his art education at Bacone College, where he studied the traditional Native American art style under Woody Crumbo. Saul served in the 45th Infantry Division in Europe during World War II. Upon his discharge from the military, Saul used the G.I. Bill to obtain a graduate degree in art from the University of Oklahoma. At the University of Oklahoma, Saul was exposed to Cubism, Expressionism, and Surrealism. Much of Saul’s work combined the colors and flat representations of the traditional Native American art style with the elongated and simplified forms common to the more comtemporary art styles. Saul described his work as follows: “All my paintings have Indian themes – in comtemporary style…This is a combination of line, design and color. It is not exactly like traditional ‘calendar’ Indian art by not too radical, either.” Saul returned to Bacone College where he worked as the chair of the art department from 1970 until his death in 1976.