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W. H. Over Museum of Natural and Cultural History |
| South Dakota's largest natural and cultural history collection! |
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W. H. Over Museum of Natural and Cultural History |
| South Dakota's largest natural and cultural history collection! |
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Gift Shop W. H. Over Museum FEATURING: Prints by Oscar Howe
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| Oscar Howe was born on the Crow
Creek Indian Reservation (South Dakota) In 1915. He attended the Pierre
Indian School until 1933. A natural and talented artist, he studied under
Dorothy Dunn and had exhibited his traditional Yanktonai art work all across
the United States, in London, and in Paris prior to his graduation from
“The Studio,” Santa Fe Indian School in 1938. In 1940 he painted the interior
dome of the Mitchell Carnegie Library. Prior to entering military service
during World War II, he completed ten oil murals depicting the history
of the Missouri River Basin on the walls of the Mobridge Auditorium.
In 1948, Oscar Howe was named Artist-in-Residence by Wesleyan University in Mitchell, South Dakota, where he taught art and earned a Bachelor’s Degree. He earned a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1954. He served as Director of Art for Pierre High School from 1953 until 1957, when he was appointed Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, Artist-in-Residence, and Assistant Director of the University Museum at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion. He was appointed Lecturer to the Near East and South Asia by the United States Department of State in 1971. During his tour, he presented programs in nine countries. He designed panels for the Mitchell Corn Palace from 1948 to 1971. Oscar Howe retired from the University in 1980 and was named Professor Emeritus of Art, a position he held until his death in 1983. Through his art and teaching he realized his greatest hope. “It is my greatest hope that my paintings may serve to bring the best things of Indian culture into the modern way of life. Oscar Howe developed his own artistic style which was based on the Sioux culture and philosophy. He wrote, ”It has always been my version of Indian traditions to make it individualistic in my own way, but every part comes from Indian and now white culture. I have been labeled wrongfully a Cubist. The basic design is Tohokmu (spider web). From an all-Indian background I developed my own style.” That unique and distinctive style (vision) utilized lines (linear, rectilinear, or curvilinear) which gave a dynamic, fluid movement to his paintings. Through his art and life, Oscar Howe left a legacy of individuality, innovation, integrity, excellence, and professionalism which serves as a model for future generations of the Native American artists. |
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| Still in Print: Unframed Prints | Number: | Price: |
| Antelope in Flight | 1601E | 90.00 |
| Blizzard Bath | 1601N | 135.00 |
| Creation of Weotanica | 1602N | 155.00 |
| Double Woman | 1601E | 90.00 |
| Ghost Dancer | 1601A | 60.00 |
| Medicine Man | 1601T | 155.00 |
| Sioux Rider | 1601N | 155.00 |
| Sioux Mourning Rider | 1601A | 60.00 |
| Woman Scalp Dancer | 1601K | 135.00 |
| Still in Print: Framed Prints | Number: | Price: |
| Antelope in Flight | 1602D | 200.00 |
| Blizzard Bath | 1602G | 260.00 |
| Creation of Weotanica | 1602P | 260.00 |
| Double Woman | 1602H | 200.00 |
| Ghost Dancer | 1602A | 170.00 |
| Medicine Man | 1602U | 270.00 |
| Sioux Rider | 1602K | 250.00 |
| Sioux Mourning Rider | 1602C | 150.00 |
| Woman Scalp Dancer | 1602F | 280.00 |
| Posters: | Number: | Price: |
| Ghost Dancer (green) | 1602M | 40.00 |
| Woodgatherer (blues) | 1602M | 40.00 |
| Calling on Wakan Tanka | 1601P | 22.50 |
| Mythical Bird | 1601Q | 15.00 |
| Secondary market | Number: | Price: |
| Big Foot at Wounded Knee | 298A | 625.00 (matted) |
| Fleeing the Massacre | 1601S | 600.00 (shrink wrapped) |
| Fleeing the Massacre | 298B | 725.00 (framed) |
| Fleeing the Massacre | 1294C | 725.00 (framed) |
| Mythical Bird (2 in stock) | 1601V | 700.00 (shrink wrapped) |
| Signed by Oscar Howe: | Number: | Price: |
| Big Foot At Wounded Knee | 1294A | 1100.00 (framed) |
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