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National Native American Heritage Month~ November 9

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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/

June 28~ Pride Month

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George Tooker and William R. Christopher

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William Rodolphus Christopher was an American artist and civil rights activist known for his abstract imagery and collage. His longtime partner was the artist George Tooker; the pair lived in New York City until 1960, when they moved to Hartland, Vermont; the couple spent winters in Spain, where Christopher died in December 1973.
~Wikipedia

Self-Portait by George Tooker
1969 / Egg Tempera on gesso panel / National Academy of Design, NY, NY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assemblage Collage Painting/Sculpture with Pennies and Scrap Civil Rights Artist by William R. Christopher
1960-1969 / Mixed Media / Private collection