Buffalo Hunter Arapahoe by Carl Sweezy
Sweezy was a Southern Arapaho painter from Oklahoma. He painted individual portraits, but was best known for his portrayals of ceremonies and dances. His Arapaho name was Wattan, meaning “Black.”
Around 1895, when Sweezy was 14 years old, ethnographer James Mooney commissioned Sweezy to paint images of traditional Arapaho life. Later, Sweezy also worked with anthropologist George Dorsey…By the 1920s Sweezy was a full-time painter. [i]
No date / Watercolor on paper / 13 1/2″x20″ / Private collection
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[i] Philbrook Museum of Art. “Artist Info_Carl Sweezy,” 2026. Philbrook Museum of Art Collections.
https://philbrook.emuseum.com/people/objects/375
