Items Similar to "THE SEAMSTRESS" NATIVE AMERICAN GIRL COWBOY ARTISTS OF AMERICA. INDIAN
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 6
Don Crowley"THE SEAMSTRESS" NATIVE AMERICAN GIRL COWBOY ARTISTS OF AMERICA. INDIAN Circa 2000
Circa 2000
About the Item
Don Crowley
(1926-2019)
Arizona / California Western Artist
Image Size: 20 x 24
Frame Size: 33 x 37
Medium: Oil
"The Seamstress" Indian Weaver Native American
Biography
Don Crowley (1926-2019)
Known for his realistic depiction of Indian figures, Donald Crowley was born in Redlands and raised in Santa Ana, California from the time he was ten years old. He showed art talent from childhood. Of his personal feelings about art expression, he said: "Art is like sex. It's something that you do; not something that you talk about."
As a young man, he was a close friend and painting companion with Mervin Corning, who became an accomplished watercolorist. Crowley was heavily influenced towards subjects and technique by Frederic Remington's book, Done in the Open, and also by a book of English painters, titled World Famous Paintings, edited by Rockwell Kent.
He spent four years in the U.S. Navy and Merchant Marines, and then used the G.I. Bill to finance his way through the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. Of this educational opportunity, he said that the GI Bill "was the greatest thing the government ever did." He married Betty Jayne, a fellow art student, and the couple headed East where he spent twenty-one years in New York as a commercial illustrator with the Charles E. Cooper Studio. He was prolific, and his illustrations from that era appeared in many publications including Reader's Digest, Dorothy Sayers' mysteries, and children's books. Looking back, he described that period of his life as being among "unbearably pretentious" people and living a life of "tinsel".
He said that in those days opportunities for gallery representation for artists was minimal but having observed his friend James Bama have a successful one-man show in Wyoming, and tired of commercial art, he and his family moved West in the late 1960s. In 1974, they moved to Tucson where Sam Wisnom, former schoolmate, had arranged for Crowley to show his work.
Crowley found Arizona a happy contrast to his east-coast existence. Spending time on reservations with members of the Paiute and Apache tribes, he began his ongoing focus of painting Indian figures and portraits. Moving from commercial to fine art had a loosening effect on his style, and his work got more colorful. He met the Martineaus, a Paiute family on the San Carlos Reservation, and for years has used them regularly as models. He is fascinated by the inner dignity the Indians have when they are dressed in their finery. As a special thank you to these new friends, he gave the San Carlos Apaches the proceeds of 40 artist proofs of his 1981 Greenwich Workshop lithographs.
In 1994, Don Crowley was elected to membership in the Cowboy Artists of America*, and he won numerous awards exhibiting with that organization including Artist's Choice, 1999; and Oil Painting, 1996, 1999 and 2006. In 1998, he was named Artist of the Year by the Friends of Western Art, an affiliate group of the Phoenix Art Museum.
Sources:
Peggy & Harold Samuels, Contemporary Western Artists, p. 134 (Quotes)
Cowboy Artists of America 44th Annual Exhibition, 2009; Exhibition Catalogue published by the Cowboy Artists of America and the Phoenix Art Museum.
Artist files of the Phoenix Art Museum Library
Don Crowley
The eloquence of a Don Crowley painting is not in its re-creation of history, but in its vision of the living. A consummate realist, Don can paint the beauty and dignity of an Apache maiden, the spiritual countenance of an Indian dancer or a quiet still life with equal skill and passion.
The Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles was his training ground, and is also where he met his wife, B.J., whom he credits as his most discerning critic. After art school, he spent 23 years in New York as a commercial illustrator with the Charles E. Cooper Studio.
In 1972, tired of the repetition and restrictions of commercial art and feeling the need to release his stifled creativity, he and his family moved west. Here he has been able to free his talents and delve into the engrossing world of the Apache and Paiute Indians. His paintings typify the ideals of these southwestern societies and impart to the viewer the serenity of these people and their surroundings.
Don considers his election to the CA in 1994 his finest moment and greatest challenge.
Resources include: 2002 Cowboy Artists of America
The intended eloquence of a Don Crowley painting is not in its re-creation of history, but in its version of the living. A consummate realist, Don can paint the beauty and dignity of an Apache maiden, the spiritual countenance of an Indian dancer, or a quiet still life.
The Art Center College of Design in Los Angles was his training ground, and is also where he met his wife, B.J., whom he credits as his most discerning critic. After art school, he spent 23 years in New York as a commercial illustrator with the Charles E. Cooper Studio. In 1973, tired of the repetition and restrictions of commercial art and feeling the need to release his stifled creativity, he and his family moved West where he has been able to free his talents and delve into the engrossing world of the Apache and Paiute Indians.
His paintings are intended to typify the ideals of these Southwestern societies and impart to the viewer the serenity of these people and their surroundings. Don considers his election to the Cowboy Artists of America in 1994 as his finest moment and his greatest challenge.
- Creator:Don Crowley (1926 - 2019, American)
- Creation Year:Circa 2000
- Dimensions:Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 3 in (7.62 cm)
- More Editions & Sizes:Image Size: 20 x 24 Frame Size: 33 x 37Price: $12,000
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Framing:Frame IncludedFraming Options Available
- Condition:Please check my 1stdibs storefront for other Texas, New Mexico, California art and antiques.
- Gallery Location:San Antonio, TX
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU769314141412
About the Seller
5.0
Vetted Seller
These experienced sellers undergo a comprehensive evaluation by our team of in-house experts.
Established in 1974
1stDibs seller since 2017
82 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: 2 hours
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Fredericksburg, TX
- Return PolicyThis item cannot be returned.
More From This SellerView All
- "Kate In The Barn"By Timur AkhrievLocated in San Antonio, TXTimur Akhriev Image Size: 31 x 58 Frame Size: 38 x 65 Medium: Oil "Kate In The Barn" Biography Born in Vladikavkaz, the territory where Southern Russia meets...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
MaterialsOil
- "LANTERN PEDDLER. SAN FRANCISCO, 1905" CHINESE, MERCHANTS 64 x 54 framedBy Mian SituLocated in San Antonio, TXMian Situ (Born 1953) Canton, China Image Size: 50 x 40 Frame Size: 64 x 54 Medium: Oil Painted Circa 2000 "The Lantern Peddler. San Francisco, 1905" depicting Chinatown in that peri...Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings
MaterialsOil
- "RODEO CLOWN" WESTERN, COWBOYBy CM OkerwallLocated in San Antonio, TXC. M. Okerwall Born 1928 Texas Artist. Formerly Chicago/Arizona Image Size: 10 x 8 Frame Size: 15 x 13 Medium: Oil 2020 "Rodeo Clown" Biography C. M. Oker...Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
MaterialsOil
- "Girl In Thought" Young Chinese GirlBy Tong LuoLocated in San Antonio, TXLou Tong Image Size: 24 x 20 Frame Size: 26.5 x 22.5 Medium: Oil "Girl In Thought" Biography Tong Luo was born in Huai Yang, County of Henan Province, China, in 1969. He learned h...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
MaterialsOil
- "Two Boys" CHINESE YOUNG BOYS. ADORABLEBy Tong LuoLocated in San Antonio, TXLuo Tong "Young Chinese Boys" Image Size: 30 x 24 Frame Size: 38.5 x 32.5 Medium: Oil "Two Boys" Biography Tong Luo was born in Huai Yang, County of Henan Province, China, in 1...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
MaterialsOil
- "AFTER GLOW" NATIVE AMERICAN GIRL W/DOLL (1926-2019) Arizona / CaliforniaLocated in San Antonio, TXDon Crowley (1926-2019) Arizona / California Western Artist Image Size: 11 x 13 Frame Size: 18 x 20 Medium: Gouache Study "After Glow" Indian Girl with her...Category
Early 1900s Realist Figurative Paintings
MaterialsGouache
You May Also Like
- A Jolly Time -- German Genre Tavern Painting, 1918Located in Soquel, CAWonderful German genre painting of 17th century tavern scene in style of Franz Hals by Karl Josef Muller (German, 1864-1942) dated 1918. Signed and dated lower left corner "Karl Muller - Hamburg 1918". Condition: Good; professionally restored: Canvas restreched on new stretcher bars; five repairs made to small tears in canvas (see image); cleaned and re-varnished with UV-resistant varnish. Unframed. Image size: 39.5"H x 55"W. We have the original frame which needs some extensive repair to the gesso. Happy to include the frame with the painting as is. Karl Müller was born in Hamburg-Altstadt in 1865. His wealthy Jewish parents Abraham Müller (1832-1896), citizen of the Hanseatic city since 1869, and Henriette "Jette", b. Burchard (born 1832 Neubuckow / Mecklenburg), had a cigar factory at Spielbudenplatz 5 in St.Pauli. When Karl Müller was ten years old, next to factory and warehouse, now at Speersort 11 (Altstadt), there was also a branch in Altona-Ottensen with the address Am Felde 68. The family lived at the time at Pferdemarkt 13 (Old Town). After attending the Jewish Foundation School at the Zeughausmarkt, Karl Müller completed a three-year lithography apprenticeship. From 1886 to 1888, he studied at the Royal Saxon School of Applied Arts in Dresden with the history and decoration painter Donadini, then with Professor Hanke of the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin. Karl Müller's painting style was conventional-realistic and did not follow modern trends. In 1891, the oil paintings "Preparation for the Service", "In the guardroom", tattoo", "gymnastics lesson", "covert patrol” and "return from the field service exercise”, whose main motive almost always soldiers formed.In 1893, he painted the" invasion of the 76er " as a horizontal format in black and white, the painting was acquired by the Museum of Hamburg History in 1930. The disposition of Karl Müller could be classified as "kaisertreu" and "national" (Maike Bruhns) at this time - not by chance he acted with his Nicknamed "Soldatenmüller", he successfully participated in exhibitions in Berlin and Hamburg before the turn of the century. Even at this time, the frequent change of residence is striking: 1893 Papendamm 25 (Rotherbaum), 1896 Bundesstraße 9 (Rotherbaum). In 1898 he was in the Hamburg address book as a "genre and portrait painter" with the residential address 1. average 43 (Rotherbaum) out. At the age of 38, Karl married in 1903 in the Hanseatic city of the Jewish Louise Hauer (born 12.2.1872 in Hamburg), called "Lieschen". Before her marriage, she lived with her mother at Grindelberg 78. Her father, Martin Hauer (1836-1897), also born in Hamburg and was a citizen of the city since 1862, owned a factory for soap and perfume. In 1904 and 1911, the two daughters Karla and Lotte were born. 1904, the family lived at this time in the Bogenstraße 20, Karl Müller commissioned a portrait of the emigrated hamburger Henry Jones opening the same lodge in the Hartungstraße 9-11. Already at this time he might have been a member of the Hamburg Artists Association of 1832. Starting from 1908 further change of dwellings on the basis of the telephone books are comprehensible: nearly yearly the family moved and moved thereby from the Grindel quarter over Hoheluft east to Harvestehude and Winterhude. Around 1912 she moved into an apartment in Sierichstraße 156. Here, the landlord Schröder provided the artist with an area of around 45 square meters as a studio on the dry floor. But the building police criticized this use and after some disputes, the painter had to move once again with family and studio. The official telephone directory recorded as an address from 1914 to 1918 Klosterallee 20 (Harvestehude). Friedrich Jansa described Karl Müller's changed motif choice in his artist's glossary in 1912: "In recent years he has been watercolouring a lot in the Hamburg area and now mainly takes his motifs from Hamburg harbor...Category
1910s Realist Interior Paintings
MaterialsLinen, Oil
- AnthesisLocated in Denver, CO"Anthesis," is an original oil painting by Tenaya Sims. It is framed and ready-to-hang. "Anthesis" has nested mini-figures within the little droplets, comi...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
MaterialsOil, Linen
- FINE Original By CHARLES CATTERMOLE (1832-1900) British OLD MASTER OIL PAINTINGLocated in Ferndown, GBVERY RARE Oil PAINTING Antique 19th Century By Listed artist CHARLES CATTERMOLE (1832-1900) British old master in Beautiful Gold Gilt Frame MORE PIECES AT WWW.OLDFINEART.COM ( late...Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
MaterialsOil
- "Twins, " Oil paintingBy Susan McDonellLocated in Denver, COSusan McDonnell's (U.S. based) "Twins" is an original, handmade oil painting of two birds (Black-throated Sparrows) facing the viewer and clouds in the background. The painting is 20 x 16" and with the frame it is 21.25 x 15.37". Artist bio: Susan McDonnell is a realist painter who has recently moved back to Minnesota after living in Southern California for 30 years. Her paintings are narratives inspired by her observations of wild animals in their natural habitats. Albrecht Dürer and Otto Marseus van...Category
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
MaterialsOil
- "Goodnight Moon, " Oil PaintingLocated in Denver, COLinda Tracey Brandon's (US based) "Goodnight Moon" is an oil painting that depicts a feminine figure in blue holding a striped hula hoop with stuffed an...Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
MaterialsOil
- Venus. 2006. Oil on canvas, 66x183 cmLocated in Riga, LVVenus. 2006. Oil on canvas, 66x183 cm Realistic woman act on drapery Normunds Braslinsh (1962) Born 1962 in Riga, Latvia 1980–1986 Latvian Academy of Art, Painting Department 1973–...Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings
MaterialsOil, Canvas
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
American Girl
The Cowboy
Vision 2000
American Government
American Indian Paintings
Paintings Of American Indians
West Cowboys
American Indian Art Painting
Western Cowboy Art
Cowboy Indian
Cowboys And Indians
California Native American
Don Manning
California Indian
The Seamstress
Oil Painting Native American Style
Framed Cowboy Art
English Realist