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Gerard Curtis Delano (1890-1972) Oil on Canvas

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Gerard Curtis Delano (1890-1972) Oil on Canvas
Gerard Curtis Delano (1890-1972), In Bonnet and Paint, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches, signed lower right.

According to Delano biographer, Richard G. Bowman, “In studying Delano’s Western historical works, including his depictions of historic Plains Indians, we find the artist becoming more illusionary, romanticizing, and, at times, leaning toward the mythical. Although his Plains Indians were often shown mounted and with are regalia and paint, he created tranquil rather than threatening images. It is not too surprising then that these same heroic subject appeal as much to female viewers as to men. (Not so with the work of many artists who have painted the same subject matter.) Delano was not a historian. Research on historical material culture was not an end in itself for him. The design of the paining, the color, simplicity, and pictorial impact, all had precedence over historical or technical details. He was never preoccupied with these minutia.”

Literature: Richard G. Bowman, Walking With Beauty - The Art and Life of Gerard Curtis Delano (Denver, Colorado: Richard G. Bowman, 1990), pages 74-5, illustrated.

Provenance:
The Collection of Fran Henry
Borgeson Family, Colorado
Present owner, by descent, Littleton, Colorado