藝術家Walter Richard WEST (1912-1996) 生平簡歷

出生地： Darlington, OK

地址： Phoenix, AZ, 1947; living in Lawrence, KS, in 1976

职业： Painter, craftsperson, teacher, lecturer

教育： Haskell Col., 1935; Bacone Col., Muskogee, OK, 1938; Univ. Oklahoma (B.A. 1941; M.F.A.); Univ. Redlands, CA; Olaf Nordmark in 1941-42

展出： Kansas City, 1937 (prize); Tulsa, 1938; Dept. Interior, Wash., DC, 1940; Chappell Art Gal., 1941; Am. Indian Art Exh., Philbrook AC, 1946, 1958 (prize), 1960 (first place for sculpture); Esquire Theater A. Gal., Chicago, 1956; Bacone Col., OK, 1967; Civic Center, Muskogee, OK, 1969; Kansas City Mus. Hist. & Science, MO, 1971. Awards: citation of Indian arts & crafts, 1960; Waite Philips Award, 1964.

工作： W.R. Nelson Gal.; U.S. Dept. Interior, Wash., DC; Chappell Art Gal., Pasadena, CA; Phoenix Indian H.S.; Joslyn AM; Mus. Am. Indian; Smithsonian Inst.; Joslyn Mem. Art Mus., Omaha, NE; Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK; Gilcrease Inst., Tulsa; Bacone Col., OK. Commissions: mural, Okemah (OK) P.O., 1941; bas-relief panels, Univ. Redlands, CA, 1960s; Crucifixion (sculpture), North Am. Indian Center, Chicago, IL, 1960s.

评论： Cheyenne painter. Indian name was Wapah Nayah or Lightfooted Runner; also known as Dick West. Painted in traditional Indian-school style as well as in contemporary art styles. Illustr.: book jacket, The Cheyenne Way, 1941. Teaching: Phoenix Indian Sch., 1941-46; Bacone Col., 1947-70; Haskell Indian Jr. Col., 1970-. Research: Indian art. Art interests: religious paintings & woodcarvings. Work published beginning in 1941: National Geographic, 1955; Life International, 1959; Today, 1963; Saturday Review, 1963.

来源： WW73; WW47; Ed. Shaw, Another Face of Jesus" (filmstrip of life & works), produced by Am. Baptist Films, 1969; Charles Waugaman, Cheyenne Artist (Friendship Press, 1970); Dorothy Elliot, Dick West, Artist (Kansas, 1971); P&H Samuels, 510, 521. "