Illustration by Angel DeCora for
Francis La Flesche’s book The Middle Five
Hinook-Mahiwi-Kalinaka, also known as Angel De Cora, was a Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) artist, designer, and educator. Born on the Winnebago Reservation in Nebraska in 1868 or 1869, she was forcibly removed from the reservation…to the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institution in Virginia when she was around 14 years old. After graduating she attended Smith College and then Drexel Institute to study illustration under Howard Pyle, who would later recall De Cora as one of his most talented pupils. [i]
1900 / Oil on canvas / No size available / Original held by J. Andrew Darling
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[i] Rachael DiEleuterio, “My People Are a Race of Designers.” Delaware Art Museum, November 18, 2021.
https://delart.org/angel-de-cora/
