Allan Houser
Allan Houser (actually Allan C. Haozous , born June 29, 1914 in Fort Sill , Oklahoma , † August 22, 1994 in Santa Fe , New Mexico ) was an American painter and sculptor of the modern age .
biography
Allan was the son of Sam and Blossom Haozous, these belonged to the Chiricahua Apache tribe . His father was an Apache warrior who campaigned for the freedom of his people, he was a great-nephew of the famous war chief and shaman Geronimo (1829-1909). Allan studied art history at the Santa Fe Indian School in New Mexico until 1934 and cultivated the cultural heritage of the North American Indians . In 1939 he showed his works for the first time at the World's Fair in New York and San Francisco . His first major assignment was from the Department of the Interior in Washington . Through his teacher, the Norwegian artist Ole Nordmark, he later switched to sculpture. In 1939 Allan Houser married his childhood sweetheart Anna Marie Gallegos and moved with his growing family to Los Angeles , where he worked as a warehouse worker in the port. Inspired by the Indian sculptures and under the influence of sculptors such as Hans Arp , Constantin Brâncuși , Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth , he began to work directly on his material, including irregularities in the material and the traces of processing in his sculpture. From 1962 he taught painting and sculpture at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. Allan Houser died of complications from a heart attack . His monumental paintings, drawings and sculptures made him one of the best-known representatives of native and modern art .
Awards
- 1949 Guggenheim scholarship
- 1992 National Medal of Arts
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| SURNAME | Houser, Allan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Haozous, Allan C. (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American painter and modernist sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 29, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fort Sill , Oklahoma |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 22, 1994 |
| Place of death | Santa Fe , New Mexico |