The Native American Indian Artist Directory

The Native American Indian Artist Directory
Author: Robert Painter
Publisher: Albuquerque, N.M. : First Nations Art Pub.
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Artists
ISBN: 9780966880601

"Over 2,100 artists, sculptors, potters, rug weavers, basket makers, kachina carvers, bead workers, clothing designers, silversmiths, jewelry makers and other crafts people from over 100 tribes across America"--Cover.

The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters

The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters
Author: Patrick D. Lester
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages: 701
Release: 1995
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780806199368

Includes "over three thousand names ... working from 1800 to the present. Typical entries list the artist's tribal affiliation and tribal name, birth and death dates, residence, publications, exhibits, awards, and honors." Also includes "passages of human interest" and "Excerpts from professional reviews and critical essays."

Native Moderns

Native Moderns
Author: Bill Anthes
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2006-11-03
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780822338666

This lavishly illustrated art history situates the work of pioneering mid-twentieth-century Native American artists within the broader canon of American modernism.

North American Indian Art

North American Indian Art
Author: David W. Penney
Publisher: London : Thames & Hudson
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2004
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780500203774

Artistic traditions of indigenous North America are explored in a study that draws on the testimonies of oral tradition, Native American history, and North American archaeology, focusing on the artists themselves and their cultural identities. Original.

Hearts of Our People

Hearts of Our People
Author: Jill Ahlberg Yohe
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Indian art
ISBN: 9780295745794

"Women have long been the creative force behind Native American art, yet their individual contributions have been largely unrecognized, instead treated as anonymous representations of entire cultures. 'Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists' explores the artistic achievements of Native women and establishes their rightful place in the art world. This lavishly illustrated book, a companion to the landmark exhibition, includes works of art from antiquity to the present, made in a variety of media from textiles and beadwork to video and digital arts. It showcases more than 115 artists from the United States and Canada, spanning over one thousand years, to reveal the ingenuity and innovation fthat have always been foundational to the art of Native women."--Page 4 of cover.

American Indian Jewelry

American Indian Jewelry
Author: Gregory Schaaf
Publisher: Ciac
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Indian jewelers
ISBN: 9780977665259

1,200 artist biographies, c. 1800-present.

Contemporary Native American Artists

Contemporary Native American Artists
Author: Dawn E. Reno
Publisher: Brooklyn, N.Y. : Alliance Publishing
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1995
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780964150966

Profiles over 1,000 Native American artists who are blazing new trails in the ancient arts.

Source Directory

Source Directory
Author: United States. Indian Arts and Crafts Board
Publisher:
Total Pages: 40
Release: 1982
Genre: Arts and crafts movement
ISBN:

Lists 198 US. arts and crafts businesses owned and operated by Native Americans. Includes non-profit organizations working with Native American groups to develop products and markets. Arranged alphabetically by state.

George Catlin and His Indian Gallery

George Catlin and His Indian Gallery
Author: George Catlin
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian American Art Museum ; New York : W.W. Norton
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2002
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780393052176

Showcases the work of the early-nineteenth-century artist who made four trips into Native American country as part of an ambition to paint each tribe, noting the influence of period belief systems on his work as well as his passionate affection for his subjects.