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Fritz Scholder

Fritz Scholder (1937 - 2005) was active/lived in Arizona, New Mexico, Minnesota.  Fritz Scholder is known for Abstract figure-Indian and animal painting.

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Born in Breckenridge, Minnesota, Fritz Scholder became a prominent Indian portrait, figure, and genre painter in Arizona. His father was part Indian, and Fritz Scholder chose to focus his art work on this part of his lineage and to express both an appreciation and disdain for Indian customs, traditions, and daily existence.

He studied at the University of Kansas, Wisconsin State University, and with Wayne Thiebaud at Sacramento College in California. He earned an Master of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Arizona. A long-time resident of Scottsdale, Arizona, he has filled a number of artist-in-residence positions including Dartmouth College and the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute.

In his work, he frequently showed the harsh, realistic side of Indians' lives and deaths including the affects of alcohol and other dissipations, but some of his depictions are humorous such as Indians on horseback carrying umbrellas. His brush-work is generally swift, and the tone often   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 17414 characters.]  Artist bio

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Indian on Horseback, 1973

Fritz Scholder

Lot 173
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"Dartmouth Portrait #8," 1973

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Lot 35
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"Indian with Mask , 1968

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Lot 7
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Indian with Umbrella , 1972

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Lot 239
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American Portrait with Horse , 1975

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Lot 67068
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Portrait, 1896, 1976

Fritz Scholder

Lot 172
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