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1980 Artist's Proof Our American Boys by Earl Biss

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art Start Price:40.00 USD Estimated At:60.00 - 80.00 USD
1980 Artist's Proof Our American Boys by Earl Biss
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1980 Native American Crow Artist's Proof Our All American Boys by Earl Biss 1947-1998, measures 17.5'' x 23.5'', triple matted, framed and under glass, signed by artist, Earl Biss master oil painter and one of the most influential Impressionist artists in the late century, while in high school he was a pivotal force in starting the art movement out of Santa Fe, NM in the late '60's, Earl Biss, Absaroke (Crow), was born September 29, 1947, in Renton, Washington; he was raised by his grandmother at Crow Agency, Montana, and at Yakima, Washington. He contracted rheumatic fever at age eight and instead of the usual boyhood activities, he started drawing and painting. As an artist, Biss expressed much of his emotional turmoil, embodied by his mystical, melting landscapes and people, while still admiring and studying old European masters. As an Absaroke (Crow) Indian artist and benefactor, he was admired for his professionalism, business sense, and compassion for the Absaroke people.