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Category Archives: Museums
Good Reads About American Indian Art
If you are interested in American Indian Art—and of course you are, or you would not be here, right?–you might be interested in the following tidbits. Events Tucson Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show, American Indian Expo, Flamingo Quality Inn, Stone … Continue reading
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Tagged American Indian Art, books, Canyon de Chelley, Corinee Cain, David Brugge, events, Hubbell Trading Post, Native American Art, Navajo, Tahoma
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Tahoma and The Philbrook Museum
The Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma organized the first prestigious American Indian art competition. It was called the Philbrook Annual and offered prizes in several categories, partly determined by geography. What a thrill it was for us to learn several … Continue reading
Discovering ‘Man Becomes an Artist’ by Tahoma
This is a continuation of the conversation from yesterday about finding lost paintings. In June 1944, Kenneth Chapman, a major mover and shaker in the Santa Fe art and archaeology world, was temporary director of the Laboratory of Anthropology … Continue reading
Discovering Lost Works of Art
Phoenix collector Jim Bialac told us years ago that he thought Tahoma probably painted more than 2000 paintings. That is a lot of output for a Navajo artist who died early in his life. But we think that Jim probably … Continue reading
Introducing Amerind
From time to time, we would like to introduce a museum that is important for lovers of American Indian art. In the unlikely location of Dragoon, Arizona–hidden away south of the I-10 Freeway that zips between Tucson and the New … Continue reading
Quincy Tahoma, the Jock
One day Charnell and I visited the library of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology on Museum Hill in Santa Fe. The Lab has been in existence since 1931 (later merged with the Museum of Indian Arts … Continue reading
The Great Round-up of Tahoma’s Paintings
Quincy Tahoma painted hundreds and hundreds of paintings in his short life. Charnell has embarked on the huge task of rounding up photographs, or at least visual descriptions of all the paintings we can find that Tahoma painted. We know … Continue reading
Posted in Museums, Quincy Tahoma's Paintings
Tagged American Indian Art, Museums, paintings, Tahoma
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Arizona Museum Collection
September 17, 2004 What is that old story about searching the world and finding treasure in your own back yard? I am here to tell you that is the way it happens. I live in Arizona. Ever since Charnell Havens … Continue reading
