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1914 Carnegie, Oklahoma - 1988. Known for: Painting.
A Kiowa painter from Yukon, Oklahoma, Woody Big Bow created iconographic works that celebrate his culture. He followed the tradition of many of the Indian painters after 1920 who, basing their work... Read full biography
A Kiowa painter from Yukon, Oklahoma, Woody Big Bow created iconographic works that celebrate his culture. He followed the tradition of many of the Indian painters after 1920 who, basing their work on Plains Indians tepee designs, created images with flat colors and geometric shapes. In fact, he... Read full biography
A Kiowa painter from Yukon, Oklahoma, Woody Big Bow created iconographic works that celebrate his culture. He followed the tradition of many of the Indian painters after 1920 who, basing their work on Plains Indians tepee designs, created images with flat colors and geometric shapes. In fact, he was so admiring of other Southern plains artists "that he was well-known for copying their style.". He was born in Carnegie, Oklahoma, the grandson of Chief Big Bow, and studied at the University of... Read full biography
A Kiowa painter from Yukon, Oklahoma, Woody Big Bow created iconographic works that celebrate his culture. He followed the tradition of many of the Indian painters after 1920 who, basing their work on Plains Indians tepee designs, created images with flat colors and geometric shapes. In fact, he was so admiring of other Southern plains artists "that he was well-known for copying their style.". He was born in Carnegie, Oklahoma, the grandson of Chief Big Bow, and studied at the University of Oklahoma in 1939. He designed the red and yellow thunderbird insignia of the Oklahoma 45th Infantry Division in World War II. He was also a set painter for Western movies. Big Bow died in July 1988. Source:. Patrick Lester, "The Biographical Directory... Read full biography
A Kiowa painter from Yukon, Oklahoma, Woody Big Bow created iconographic works that celebrate his culture. He followed the tradition of many of the Indian painters after 1920 who, basing their work on Plains Indians tepee designs, created images with flat colors and geometric shapes. In fact, he was so admiring of other Southern plains artists "that he was well-known for copying their style.". He was born in Carnegie, Oklahoma, the grandson of Chief Big Bow, and studied at the University of Oklahoma in 1939. He designed the red and yellow thunderbird insignia of the Oklahoma 45th Infantry Division in World War II. He was also a set painter for Western movies. Big Bow died in July 1988. Source:. Patrick Lester, "The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters"
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesRed Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art
1997Southwest Art128 pagesThe Biographical Directory of Native American Painters
1995Lester, Patrick D.701 pagesNative American Artists
1995Reno, Dawn E.230 pagesYazz: Navajo Painter
1983Wagner, Sallie76 pages (color)Stark Museum of Art: The Western Collection
1978Schimmel, Julie; Gilbert Tapley Vincent244 pages (color)The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976Samuels, Peggy and Harold549 pagesAmerican Indian Painters: A Biographical Directory
1968Snodgrass, Jeanne O.269 pages