Browse: Native American Artists
Thomas Gilcrease sought to tell the story of America through art with an emphasis on Native American cultures. The museum founder’s fundamental interest in Native cultures was due in part to his own Muscogee ancestry. Evidence of his interest is illustrated by the amount of Native art and cultural items he gathered. He was also patron to numerous artists of his time and purchased over 500 paintings by 20th-century Native artists. As a result, the museum not only tells the story of Native Americans through exhibition of objects thousands of years old, but also through modern paintings and sculptures.
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Browse: Indigenous Artists
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Collision of Heavenly Structures | Norman Akers, born October 25, 1958, Native American; Osage, Pawnee (Artist) | Native American; Osage, Pawnee | 01.2486 | oil on canvas |
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Pueblo Green Corn Dance | Fred Kabotie | Native American; Hopi | 01.1962 | oil on canvas |
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Buffalo at Sunset | John Nieto | Native American; Mescalero Apache | 14.940 | ink on paper |
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White Swan muslin cutting | White Swan | Native American; Apsáalooke (Crow) | 02.589 | watercolor, ink and graphite on muslin |
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The Sign in the Fall | Stephen Mopope, August 27, 1898 - February 1974, Native American; Kiowa (Artist) | Native American; Kiowa | 02.334 | tempera on paper |
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Deer | Woodrow Wilson Crumbo | Native American; Citizen Potawatomi | 02.1703 | tempera on paper |
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Creek Chiefs | Acee Blue Eagle | Native American; Muscogee (Creek), Pawnee | 02.469 | tempera on mat board |
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Chief and Friends | Monroe Tsatoke | Native American; Kiowa | 02.511 | tempera on paper |
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Peyote Religious Ceremony | Woodrow Wilson Crumbo | Native American; Citizen Potawatomi | 02.577 | tempera on paper |
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Sneaking Out | Allan C. Houser | Native American; Chiricahua Apache | 02.597 | tempera on paper |
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Preparation for the Ribbon Dance | Solomon McCombs | Native American; Muscogee (Creek) | 02.1674 | tempera on mat board |
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Creek Indian Ceremonial Dance | Solomon McCombs, John C. Hillyer | Native American; Muscogee (Creek) | 02.1716 | tempera on paper |
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Medicine Woman | Ruthe Blalock Jones, born June 8, 1939, Native American; Delaware, Shawnee, Peoria (Artist) | Native American; Delaware, Shawnee, Peoria | 02.1942 | tempera on mat board |
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Forest Scene | Pop Chalee | Native American; Taos Pueblo | 02.527 | tempera on paper |
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Chief Little Raven on His War Pony | Carl Sweezy | Native American; Arapaho | 02.288 | tempera on paper |
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Corn Dance | Tonita Peña | Native American; San Ildefonso | 02.540 | tempera on paper |
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Woman in Window | T. C. Cannon | Native American; Caddo, Kiowa | 14.878 | ink on paper |
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For John Ridge | Kay WalkingStick | Native American; Cherokee | 01.2528 | acrylic, ink and saponifed wax on canvas |
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International Peace Effort | Willard Stone, Willard Stone | Native American; Cherokee descent | 11.55 | cherry wood |
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Gathering Corn | Norma Howard | Native American; Choctaw, Chickasaw | 02.1949 | watercolor and opaque watercolor on paper |