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1887 Viola, Wisconsin - 1938 Chicago, Illinois. Known for: Indian-western genre painting, illustration.
Born in Viola, Wisconsin, Laverne Black became a painter and sculptor of western genre. His style combined Impressionism and Modernism, and he did not receive much attention for his work during his... Read full biography
Born in Viola, Wisconsin, Laverne Black became a painter and sculptor of western genre. His style combined Impressionism and Modernism, and he did not receive much attention for his work during his lifetime but was much appreciated later for his pictorial record of western life. He was the son of... Read full biography
Born in Viola, Wisconsin, Laverne Black became a painter and sculptor of western genre. His style combined Impressionism and Modernism, and he did not receive much attention for his work during his lifetime but was much appreciated later for his pictorial record of western life. He was the son of an innkeeper, and as a child, often played with Indian boys from the local Kickapoo reservation. From these experiences, he acquired great interest in Indian legends and traditions, which he began... Read full biography
Born in Viola, Wisconsin, Laverne Black became a painter and sculptor of western genre. His style combined Impressionism and Modernism, and he did not receive much attention for his work during his lifetime but was much appreciated later for his pictorial record of western life. He was the son of an innkeeper, and as a child, often played with Indian boys from the local Kickapoo reservation. From these experiences, he acquired great interest in Indian legends and traditions, which he began painting on his own, using natural materials such as berry juices for paints. His family sold their hotel business and moved to Chicago where he received his only formal training, which was at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts from 1906-1908. He worked as... Read full biography
Born in Viola, Wisconsin, Laverne Black became a painter and sculptor of western genre. His style combined Impressionism and Modernism, and he did not receive much attention for his work during his lifetime but was much appreciated later for his pictorial record of western life. He was the son of an innkeeper, and as a child, often played with Indian boys from the local Kickapoo reservation. From these experiences, he acquired great interest in Indian legends and traditions, which he began painting on his own, using natural materials such as berry juices for paints. His family sold their hotel business and moved to Chicago where he received his only formal training, which was at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts from 1906-1908. He worked as an illustrator for Minneapolis and Chicago newspapers, and assignments took him West where he sketched on... Read full biography
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Keywords (43)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Palette Knife, Heavy Texture
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Bronze
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Gouache
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Adobe Structures, Pueblos
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Cowboys
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Indian Figure Prior to 1940
- •Indians, Native American Specialty
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape with Cattle, Sheep or Other Farm Animals
- •Nocturnes, Nightime Scenes
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Spanish Missions, California
- •Western Art: Cowboys, Indians, Horses, Ranch Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Arizona Before 1945
- •New Mexico Before 1940
- •Taos, New Mexico Before 1940
Art School
- •American Academy of Art, Chicago, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Art Collection
- •Anschutz Collection
- •Harmsen Western Art Collection
- •Santa Fe Railroad Commissioned Art
- •Walter Bimson Western Art Collection
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty
- •Mural Specialty
- •Western Subject Specialty
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Charles Russell Art Show/Auction/ and/or Museum