Rance Hood: Mystic Painter
2006Hester, James J., and Rance Hood
200 pages (color)
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Born 1941 Lawton, Oklahoma. Known for: Indian subject painting and sculpture.
The following information was submitted in September of 2006 by Charles E. Bryan Jr./ Norman T. Stephens:. Born to a Comanche mother and a white father, Rance Hood spent most of his early years with... Read full biography
The following information was submitted in September of 2006 by Charles E. Bryan Jr./ Norman T. Stephens:. Born to a Comanche mother and a white father, Rance Hood spent most of his early years with his maternal grandparents, who raised him in their traditional native American way. Entering... Read full biography
The following information was submitted in September of 2006 by Charles E. Bryan Jr./ Norman T. Stephens:. Born to a Comanche mother and a white father, Rance Hood spent most of his early years with his maternal grandparents, who raised him in their traditional native American way. Entering elementary school, he did not know how to speak English. After his grandparents died, he dropped out of school and worked on oil rigs in Texas and rode the rodeo circuit. A trip to live briefly with his... Read full biography
The following information was submitted in September of 2006 by Charles E. Bryan Jr./ Norman T. Stephens:. Born to a Comanche mother and a white father, Rance Hood spent most of his early years with his maternal grandparents, who raised him in their traditional native American way. Entering elementary school, he did not know how to speak English. After his grandparents died, he dropped out of school and worked on oil rigs in Texas and rode the rodeo circuit. A trip to live briefly with his brother in California brought about the desire to paint and draw about his own culture, and he was soon selling his art. He returned to to Oklahoma in the 1960's and began spending more time on his art and researching its traditions by learning... Read full biography
The following information was submitted in September of 2006 by Charles E. Bryan Jr./ Norman T. Stephens:. Born to a Comanche mother and a white father, Rance Hood spent most of his early years with his maternal grandparents, who raised him in their traditional native American way. Entering elementary school, he did not know how to speak English. After his grandparents died, he dropped out of school and worked on oil rigs in Texas and rode the rodeo circuit. A trip to live briefly with his brother in California brought about the desire to paint and draw about his own culture, and he was soon selling his art. He returned to to Oklahoma in the 1960's and began spending more time on his art and researching its traditions by learning techniques from already successful Indian painters. Influences of the Native American life and culture are evident in his treatme... Read full biography
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Blood of Our Earth: Poetic History of the American Indian
2006Jones, Dan C., and Rance Hood0 pages (color)The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesThe Trail of Painted Ponies: Santa Fe, New Mexico
2002Sais, Melissa (Essay)100 pages (color)Art of the West Guidebook of Western Artists 2001 Edition
2001Editors, Art of the West88 pages (color)Native American Artists
1995Reno, Dawn E.230 pagesMaster Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art
1993Southwest Art64 pagesThe American West The Modern Vision
1984Broder, Patricia Janis345 pages (color)Magic Images Contemporary Native American Art
1981Wade, Edwin L/R Strickland128 pagesThe Sweet Grass Lives On: Fifty Contemporary North American Indian Artists
1980Highwater, Jamake192 pages (color)The Sweetgrass Lives On Fifty Contemporary North American Indian Artists
1980Highwater, Jamake192 pages (color)Song from the Earth American Indian Painting
1976Highwater, Jamake212 pages (color)American Indian Painters: A Biographical Directory
1968Snodgrass, Jeanne O.269 pages