Silkscreen - Framed Gouache by Acee Blue Eagle, CSIB-19

Acee Blue Eagle (1907-1959) (Muskogee Creek) was a Native American artist, educator, dancer, and Native American flute player, who developed and directed the art program at Bacone College. Although he had shown an interest in drawing at an early age, it was at the University of Oklahoma that he developed as a serious artist under the guidance of Dr. Oscar B. Jacobson, who influenced the careers of a number of American Indian painters. Before taking the position at Bacone, he traveled to England, lecturing on Indian art before touring Europe. In 1938 his work was exhibited at the Grand Central Art Gallery in New York City. He spent three years in the military during WWII and then joined the art staff at Oklahoma State University Technological School.  A recipient of numerous awards, Blue Eagle exhibited widely and fulfilled many public commissions, painting murals for several Oklahoma colleges, libraries, and federal buildings. He was named "Outstanding Indian in the United States" in ceremonies at Anardarko in 1958. The Oklahoma Legislature awarded him posthumous honors for services to the state in 1959. A building on the campus of what is now Haskell Indian Nations University is named for him. Important collections of Blue Eagle's work are found today at the Gilcrease and Philbrook museums in Tulsa, the Creek Indian Museum in Okmulgee, Bacone College in Muskogee, the University of Oklahoma in Norman, the Oklahoma Historical Society in Oklahoma City, the Museum of New Mexico and the Institute of American Indian Art in Santa Fe, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C. This Gouache won paper measures 10” x 14”  and the frame is 17” x 22”.