The life of Woodrow "Woody" Crumbo (1912-1989) parallels the
twentieth-century evolution of American Indian art. An accomplished
Native dancer, flutist, silversmith, and poet, Crumbo is perhaps
best known today for his oil paintings and silk
screens--revolutionary artworks that were denigrated by some
critics at first but that helped move Indian art to museums of fine
art, as well as its markets. Now the life story of an Indian artist
who often went against the grain is told by an accomplished Indian
storyteller.
Chickasaw author Robert Perry's interest in gathering and
preserving elders' stories from neighboring tribes prompted him to
write this long-awaited biography. Starting with a suitcase full of
newspaper clippings provided by Crumbo's widow, Perry traced
Crumbo's first flowering as an artist from his studies at Chilocco
Indian School, where he befriended several Kiowas who taught him
about their dances and regalia and introduced him to the
traditional Kiowa cedar-wood flute.
The book follows Crumbo from Chilocco to his studies at Wichita
University and the University of Oklahoma, his years touring as an
Indian dancer, and his position as director of art at Bacone
College in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Later, Crumbo collaborated with Taos
artists, helped organize Indian art exhibitions at the Gilcrease
and Philbrook art museums in Tulsa, and directed the El Paso Museum
of Art.
"Uprising Woody Crumbo's Indian Art" tells a compassionate and
inspiring story as it fills a gap in the historical record
regarding indigenous artists of the century just closed.
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