Fritz Scholder Exhibition Catalog

Fritz Scholder September 5 - 18, 2016

Dream Dancer, 1980, Oil, 80″ x 68″

Exhibition

Reception: Wednesday, September 14, 5-8 pm ALTAMIRA FINE ART JACKSON

Altamira Fine Art Jackson is pleased to present an exhibition of original works by Fritz Scholder (19372005) during this year’s Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival. The exhibition opens September 5 with a reception held Wednesday, September 14 from 5-8pm.

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ABOUT THE SHOW The show features over a dozen original paintings, including iconic, published works as well as neverbefore-shown paintings, which span the artists’ career from 19642004. The exhibition will also include lithographs, monotypes and bronze.

Published works include important paintings from the 2008 Smithsonian retrospective, Indian/Not Indian, an unprecedented solo exhibition of Scholder’s work, shown at both the museum on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. as well as the George Gustav Heye Center in New York City, a first for the National Museum of the American Indian,

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who had not previously had a show of that magnitude for any other native artist. “ I’m interested in someone reacting to the work. And I don’t much care if they react negatively or positively, as long as they react. I felt it to be a compliment when I was told that I had destroyed the traditional style of Indian art.” ~ Fritz Scholder One of the most influential painters of the 20th century, Fritz Scholder continues to be a force in the art world today. The most recent exhibition, Super Indian, was curated by the Denver Art Museum and after its’ initial debut, traveled 4

to the Phoenix Art Museum and the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Overland Park, Kansas. Super Indian highlighted important paintings from 1964-1981, an iconic period for Scholder, and served to reinforce the relevancy and impact of the artist’s work and the legacy he leaves behind. “ Scholder blended figurative and Pop Art influences to create compelling and revolutionary images that challenge viewers to look beyond the stereotype of the romantic past. The work reveals the raw reality of being an American Indian through the eyes and palette of an artist who once vowed never to paint the Indian.” ~C hristoph Heinrich, Ph.D. Director, Denver Art Museum.

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ABOUT THE ARTIST:

FRITZ SCHOLDER

(1937-2005)

Fritz Scholder was born in 1937 in Breckenridge, Minnesota. He was the fifth consecutive male of his family to bear this name. His paternal grandmother was a member of the LuiseĂąo tribe of Mission Indians. Scholder studied at the University of Kansas, Wisconsin State University, and with Wayne Thiebaud at Sacramento College ALTAMIRA FINE ART JACKSON

in California. He earned a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Arizona in 1964.

Although Scholder did not consider himself an Indian, he was regarded as a leader of the New American Indian Art Movement. From 1964 to 1969 he taught painting and art history at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. From the beginning, he struggled to represent the landscape and people of the Southwest without indulging in the romantic clichés of genre art on the Native themes.

In time he created an extraordinary fusion of abstract expressionism, surrealism and Pop art to express his unique vision of the Southwestern scene and the Native experience.

Although best known for his paintings, Mr. Scholder produced work in a variety of media—lithographs, photographs, sculpture and books. His work is in over 40 museum collections, including those of the Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, the Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Fritz Scholder died February 10, 2005 at age 67 in Scottsdale, Arizona. A memorial service was held at the Heard Museum in Phoenix. He was married to Lisa Markgraf Fisher and had one son.

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SHOW CATALOG

ALTAMIRA FINE ART JACKSON

FRITZ SCHOLDER

Dream Dancer, 1980 Acrylic on Canvas, 80″ x 68″

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FRITZ SCHOLDER The Conjuror, 1995 Acrylic on Canvas, 40″ x 30″ Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian Retrospective, 2008 Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.

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White Indian, 1997 Acrylic, Oil on Canvas, 80″ x 68″ Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian Retrospective, 2008 Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.

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LEFT: After the Captive is inspired by Eanger Irving Couse’s historic painting, The Captive (1891), in the collection of the Phoenix Art Museum. The subject matter draws from stories of the 1847 Whitman Massacre in Oregon.

After the Captive, 1995 Acrylic on Canvas, 40″ x 50″ Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian Retrospective, 2008 Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.

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Indian Pointing, Acrylic on Canvas, 40″ x 30″

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FRITZ SCHOLDER Business Man Playing Cards, 2003 Acrylic on Canvas, 30″ x 24″

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Big Man, 2003 Acrylic on Canvas, 40″ x 30″

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FRITZ SCHOLDER Indian with Bird, c.1974 Acrylic on Canvas, 68″ x 54″

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Mystery Woman with White Horse, 1994 Acrylic on Canvas, 80″ x 68″

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FRITZ SCHOLDER New Mexico No.1, 1964 Oil on Canvas, 60″ x 60″ Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian Retrospective, 2008 Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. Published on pg. 76, 85 and back cover of exhibition book. Pendleton Woolen Mills wove an 80 x 64 inch blanket inspired by this image for the opening of the exhibition.

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New York at Night, 1981 Acrylic on Canvas, 40″ x 30″ Scholder acquired a loft in Manhattan following a major exhibition and began the NYC series of paintings and prints depicting the Empire State Building.

Andy Warhol painted his portrait and he was embraced by an art world intrigued by his “otherness”. Portraits shown on page 32.

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FRITZ SCHOLDER Saving, 1997 Acrylic on Canvas, 40″ x 30″

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Special Flowers No.1, Acrylic on Canvas, 30″ x 24″

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FRITZ SCHOLDER Corn Kachina, Acrylic on Canvas, 60″ x 36″

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This is your Movie This is your movie.

Live out your dreams and fantasies.

Whisper quotations to the Sphinx at Night.

Sit for hours at sidewalk cafes and drink with your heroes.

Make pilgrimages to Mougins and Abiquiu.

Look up and down.

Believe in the unknown for it is there.

Live in many places.

Live with flowers and music and books and paintings and sculpture.

Keep a record of your time.

Learn to read well.

Learn to listen and speak well.

Know your country, know your world, know your history, know yourself.

Take care of yourself physically and mentally.

You owe it to yourself.

Be good to those around you.

And do all these things with passion.

Give it all that you can.

Remember life is short and death is long.

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WRITTEN WORD

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BRONZE

Another Dream Horse, 1986 Bronze, 18.5″ x 20″ x 7.9″ Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian Retrospective, 2008 Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.

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BRONZE

Portrait of a Shaman, 1984 Bronze, 42.5″ x 29.5″ x 23.6″ Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian Retrospective, 2008 Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.

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LITHOGRAPHS

American Indian No. 4, #45/100, 1972 Lithograph, 30″ x 22″

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LITHOGRAPHS

Indian at Crow Fair, #2/20 Lithograph, 33″ x 44″

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LITHOGRAPHS

Indian Landscape State I, #48/50, 1974 Lithograph, 28″ x 20″

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LITHOGRAPHS

Indian with Feather Fan State II AP, 1975 Lithograph, 30″ x 22″

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LITHOGRAPHS

Indian Portrait with Tomahawk State II, #29/75, 1978 LIthograph, 30″ x 22″

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LITHOGRAPHS

Last Indian With American Flag, #81/150, 1970 Lithograph, 36″ x 30″

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EXTRAS

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Upcoming Shows

at Altamira Fine Art Jackson Fritz Scholder Exhibition September 5-18, 2016 • ArtWalk Reception: September 14, 5-8pm Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival: September 7-18 • Palates & Pallettes: Friday, Sept 9, 5-8pm: Featuring new work from Mary Roberson • Artist Demonstrations: September 15 &16, 1-4pm • Sept 15: Jared Sanders, Greg Woodard, Travis Walker • Sept 16: September Vhay, Todd Kosharek Travis Walker: “Out There” September 20-October 1, 2016 • Artist Reception: September 22, 5-8pm Todd Kosharek: “Utopian Vision: The History Project” October 3-15, 2016 • Artist Reception: October 6, 5-8pm

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