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Walter Richard West

Walter Richard West (1912 - 1996) was active/lived in Oklahoma / India.  Walter West is known for Paintings, crafts, teaching, lectures.

The following is from Eldon Johnson:

Born:
Walter Richard West, near Darlington, Oklahoma, 8 September 1912.

Education:
Haskell Indian School, 1935
Bacone College, AA, 1938
University of Oklahoma, BFA, 1941, and MFA
1950; mural techniques with Olaf Nordmark
1941-42; graduate work, University of Redlands, Northeastern State University, University of Oklahoma, and University of Tulsa.

Military Service: U.S. Navy, World War II.

Career:
Sculptor, painter,
Muralist Bacone College, U.S. Post Office, Okemah, Oklahoma
Designed official seal for the annual American Indian Exposition, Anadarko, Oklahoma
Dustjacket cover for "The Cheyenne Way", Karl Llewellyn and Hoebel Adamson, Norman, 1941,
Designed a series of 50 medallions for the Franklin Mint, 1874-75
Instructor and Director, Art Department, Bacone College, 1947 to 1970
Director of Art, 1970-72, and Chairman of the Division of Humanities, 1972-77, Haskell Ind   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2240 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Walter Richard West

   Publications  Book References:  14
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14 Book References for Walter Richard West
Year Author Title Pages Color
2006 Craig, Susan (Compiler) Biographical Directory of Kansas Artists Active Before 1945 0 No
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1995 Reno, Dawn E. Native American Artists 230 No
1991 Archuleta, M/R R Strickland Shared Visions Native American Painters & Sculptors
(Exhibition catalog)
110 Yes
1991 Philbrook Museum of Art Philbrook Museum of Art Handbook to the Collections 250 Yes
1984 Hartje, Katrina Signale/Indianischer Kunstler
(Exhibition catalog)
137 Yes
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1982 Fawcett, David/C A Callander Native American Painting Selections/Museum of American Indian 95 Yes
1982 Hunt, David C; Marsha V. Gallagher Legacy of the West 157 Yes
1981 Wade, Edwin L/R Strickland Magic Images Contemporary Native American Art 128 No
1976 Highwater, Jamake Song from the Earth American Indian Painting 212 Yes
1971 Brody, J J Indian Painters and White Patrons 238 Yes
1968 Snodgrass, Jeanne O. American Indian Painters: A Biographical Directory 269 No
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