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Mirac Creepingbear Oil on Canvas Painting Buffalo

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD
Mirac Creepingbear Oil on Canvas Painting Buffalo
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23 1/2" by 27 1/2" framed. Title is Trail of Tears. Mirac Creepingbear (1947 - 1990) was active/lived in Oklahoma. Mirac Creepingbear is known for Native American ceremonial easel and mural painting. Mirac Creepingbear was a Kiowa / Pawnee / Arapaho painter from Oklahoma who played a pivotal role in mid-20th century Native American art. Creepingbear was born in Lawton, Oklahoma, on 8 September 8, 1947, the son of Rita Littlechief (Kiowa) and Ted Creepingbear (Pawnee–Arapaho). He began painting in 1974 as a self-taught artist. Creepingbear was educated at Carnegie Oklahoma High School and the South Community College in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He also attended Oklahoma State University's School of Technology in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. He was a muralist and painter, who began painting actively and professionally in 1974. He was commissioned to paint a mural in The Kiowa Tribal Complex in Carnegie, Oklahoma along with artists Parker Boyiddle, Jr. and Sherman Chaddlesone. The mural depicts the history of the Kiowa tribe from its original home in the Yellowstone territory to its establishment in the Great Plains region of the United States. Creepingbear had a number of occupations including working for an electrical supply company before becoming a full-time painter in 1974. He is considered one of the more important of Oklahoma's traditional artists. His paintings, in oil, watercolor, acrylic and pastel, show a style that is fluid and dramatic and alludes to Native-American culture. He emulated the works of his Kiowa elders as well as American Western artists Frederic Remington and Charles Russell. He worked with gallery owner Doris Littrell who helped promote his work. She provided him with shows, as well as serving as his main gallery and hosted both his first one-man show in 1981 and his final one-man show in 1990.
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