1. Oscar Howe Contemporary Native American Art
He began attending the Santa Fe Indian School in 1938. ... He ended up settling for the position of art instructor at the Pierre Indian School, where he was first ostracized. ... He also worked on a couple of mural paintings at the Indian Art Center in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. ... Soon after in an attempt to make some money Oscar Howe entered his tempera picture "Dakota Duck Hunt" in the second annual National Indian Painting Exhibition at Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa Oklahoma. ... It is written that he decorated the walls with murals of "Plains Indian life ...
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- Grade Level: High School