The Painting Collection
The Heard’s painting collection consists of works by American Indian artists. The Heard has received important gifts of collections that include works from the early 1900s, the beginning of the American Indian Fine Art Movement. In the 1960s, the museum began its presentation and collection of work by contemporary artists. Purchases from a series of single-artist exhibitions and a series of invitational exhibitions that included artists from the U.S. and Canada greatly enhanced the painting collection. These paintings were added to the existing collection of traditional painting from Southwest and Oklahoma artists.
Pablita Velarde, Santa Clara Pueblo, 1918-2006, Deer and Aspens, 1955.
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Oscar Thoeny, IAC299
Painting Collection Highlights
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Harry Fonseca, Nisenan/Hawaiian/Portuguese, 1946-2006, When Coyote Leaves the Rez, 1980. Heard Museum purchase, IAC1412 ©2016 Harry Fonseca Collection, Autry Museum of the American West -
Awa Tsireh, San Ildefonso Pueblo, 1898-1955, Three Ponies, 1920s. Gift of Norman L. Sandfield, 4937-15. -
Fred Kabotie (Hopi), 1900-1986, Butterfly (Water Drinking) Dance, 1925. Watercolor on paper, 12 x 21 inches. Heard Museum Collection, IAC26. -
Ernest Spybuck, Shawnee, 1883-1949, Shawnee Indian War Dance, 1930s. Heard Museum purchase, IAC2269. -
Oscar Howe (Yanktonai), 1915-1983, Ghost Dance, 1960. Watercolor on paper, 25 x 30 1/2 inches. Gift of Edward Jacobson, IAC85. -
George Morrison, Ojibwa, 1919-2000 , The White Painting, 1971. Gift of Dayton-Hudson Co./Diamond’s, IAC452. -
Kay WalkingStick, Cherokee, b. 1935, Cardinal Points, 1985. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Albion P. Fenderson, 3505-1. -
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation, b. 1940, Rain, 1990. Purchased with funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Goldsmith Foundation, IAC2394. -
Shonto Begay, Navajo, b. 1954, Moab Bound, 2011. Gift of American Indian Art Magazine, 4682-1. -
Tony Abeyta, Navajo, b. 1965, Grand Canyon, 2016. Gift of Drs. William G. and Kathleen L. Howard, 4878-1. -
Steven J. Yazzie, Diné/Laguna Pueblo, b. 1970, The Protector, 2021. Gift of Drs. William G. and Kathleen L. Howard, 4988-1. -
Michael Kabotie, Hopi, 1942-2009, Deer Dancers Protestors, 1972. Heard Museum purchase, IAC457.
