Born in Shungopovi, Second Mesa, Arizona, Fred Kabotie became a prominent painter, illustrator, silversmith, teacher and writer of Hopi Indian life. He continued to live at Second Mesa, and his... Read full biography
Born in Shungopovi, Second Mesa, Arizona, Fred Kabotie became a prominent painter, illustrator, silversmith, teacher and writer of Hopi Indian life. He continued to live at Second Mesa, and his Indian name was "Nakayoma," meaning Day After Day. In 1906, his family and other Hopis founded Hotevilla,... Read full biography
Born in Shungopovi, Second Mesa, Arizona, Fred Kabotie became a prominent painter, illustrator, silversmith, teacher and writer of Hopi Indian life. He continued to live at Second Mesa, and his Indian name was "Nakayoma," meaning Day After Day. In 1906, his family and other Hopis founded Hotevilla, an organization to preserve Hopi traditions. In 1913, the children were forced to go to government school, and for discipline he was sent to Santa Fe Indian School. There he became an accomplished... Read full biography
Born in Shungopovi, Second Mesa, Arizona, Fred Kabotie became a prominent painter, illustrator, silversmith, teacher and writer of Hopi Indian life. He continued to live at Second Mesa, and his Indian name was "Nakayoma," meaning Day After Day. In 1906, his family and other Hopis founded Hotevilla, an organization to preserve Hopi traditions. In 1913, the children were forced to go to government school, and for discipline he was sent to Santa Fe Indian School. There he became an accomplished artist and set a new style of modeling in color with some shadows rather than just flat colors. He did additional studies with Olaf Nordmark. In 1920, he became a book illustrator and was commissioned to paint Hopi life and customs. In the 1930s, he... Read full biography
Born in Shungopovi, Second Mesa, Arizona, Fred Kabotie became a prominent painter, illustrator, silversmith, teacher and writer of Hopi Indian life. He continued to live at Second Mesa, and his Indian name was "Nakayoma," meaning Day After Day. In 1906, his family and other Hopis founded Hotevilla, an organization to preserve Hopi traditions. In 1913, the children were forced to go to government school, and for discipline he was sent to Santa Fe Indian School. There he became an accomplished artist and set a new style of modeling in color with some shadows rather than just flat colors. He did additional studies with Olaf Nordmark. In 1920, he became a book illustrator and was commissioned to paint Hopi life and customs. In the 1930s, he was commissioned by the Peabody Museum to reproduce Awatovi prehistoric murals in their original size. He also painted a mural inside the W... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (37)
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Hopi Katsina, 1600 Artist Biographies: American Indian Art Series
2008
Schaaf, Gregory; Angie Yan Schaaf
342 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Pueblo Indian Painting Tradition and Modernism in New Mexico 1900-1930
1997
Brody, J J
225 pages (color)
Western Art Masterpieces
1996
Watkins, T H/Joan P Watkins
119 pages (color)
Treasures on New Mexico Trails Discover New Deal Art and Architecture
1995
Flynn, Kathryn A
320 pages (color)
Native American Painters of the Twentieth Century
1995
Henkes, Robert
219 pages (color)
The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters
1995
Lester, Patrick D.
701 pages
Native American Artists
1995
Reno, Dawn E.
230 pages
Native American Art and the New York Avant-Garde
1995
Rushing, W Jackson
250 pages (color)
Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art
1993
Southwest Art
64 pages
Shared Visions Native American Painters & Sculptors (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Archuleta, M/R R Strickland
110 pages (color)
Philbrook Museum of Art Handbook to the Collections
1991
Philbrook Museum of Art
250 pages (color)
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
When the Rainbow Touches Down
1988
Seymour, Tryntje Van Ness
377 pages (color)
Art in New Mexico, 1900-1945 Paths to Taos and Santa Fe
1986
Eldredge, Charles/J Schimmel
218 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marlor, Clark S
600 pages
Native American Painting Selections/Museum of American Indian
1982
Fawcett, David/C A Callander
95 pages (color)
American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
1981
Newark Museum
431 pages (color)
Southwest Indian Painting: A Changing Art
1980
Tanner, Clara Lee
477 pages (color)
Great Paintings of the Old American West Thomas Gilcrease Institute Collection
1979
Broder, Patricia Janis
155 pages (color)
Hopi Painting The World of the Hopi
1978
Broder, Patricia Janis
319 pages (color)
Fred Kabotie Hopi Indian Artist
1977
Belknap, Fred
149 pages (color)
Art & Ethnics Background for Teaching Youth in a Pluralistic Society
1977
Grigsby, Eugene Jr.
147 pages
Song from the Earth American Indian Painting
1976
Highwater, Jamake
212 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
Representative Art and Artists of New Mexico (Exhibition catalog)
1976
School of American Research
41 pages
Handbook of the Collections Museum of Fine Arts
1974
New Mexico, Museum of Fine Art
192 pages (color)
Indian Painters and White Patrons
1971
Brody, J J
238 pages (color)
American Indian Painting of the Southwest and Plains Areas
1968
Dunn, Dorothy
429 pages (color)
American Indian Painters: A Biographical Directory
1968
Snodgrass, Jeanne O.
269 pages
Southwest Indian Painting: A Changing Art
1957
Tanner, Clara Lee
157 pages (color)
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index