Cecil Murdock - Artist Info

About Cecil Murdock

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Koketha
  • Biography from the Archives of askART

    Born McLoud, OK, Oct. 13, 1913; died McLoud, OK, Dec. 14, 1954. Painter. Also known as Koketha or Turning Bear or Running Bear. Native American. Member of the Kickapoo Tribe. Attended Friends University in Wichita 1932-33 and University of Wichita. Also studied at University of Oklahoma with Olaf Nordmark. Did WPA mural projects in Lawton, OK and Anadarko, OK.

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