Stanley Battese

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Stanley Battese
Kehdoyah
Born (1936-01-29) January 29, 1936 (age 89)
Fort Defiance, Arizona
Nationality Diné, American
Alma mater Arizona State College
Occupationpainter

Stanley Battese (born 1936), also called Kehdoyah ("Follower" in Navajo), is a Navajo-American painter and printmaker born in Fort Defiance, Arizona. [1] Primarily active in the 1950s and 1960s, he is known for his paintings and prints of animals and of Navajo figures. [2] [3] [4] Battese has exhibited his work across the United States, including at the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonials, the Philbrook Museum of Art, and as part of the Museum of New Mexico's fine arts gallery tours. [1] [5] His works are in private collections and in the collections of institutions including the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. [6] [7]

Battese was born to Navajo parents Charlie Smith and Gee Eh Bah. He was adopted by Anthony Battese (Potawatomi) and Josephine Bruner (Muscogee-Shawnee). Battese began painting at a young age. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts from Arizona State College in Tempe, Arizona in 1961. [1]

After exhibiting his art throughout the 1950s, Battese appears to have painted less frequently. He worked for a time as a carpenter and a welder. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 King, Jeanne Snodgrass (1968). American Indian painters; a biographical directory. Smithsonian Libraries. New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. p. 13.
  2. ↑ "Stanley Battese - Biography". www.askart.com. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  3. ↑ Words of Today's American Indian Women: Ohoyo Makachi : a First Collection of Oratory by American Indian/Alaska Native Women : Addresses from the 1981 Ohoyo Resource Center Conference on Educational Equity Awareness in Tahlequah, Okla., and Other Selected Conference Speeches. U.S. Department of Education. 1981.
  4. ↑ "Deer by Battese, Stanley". navajopeople.org. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  5. ↑ Society, The Renaissance. "Contemporary American Indian Painting | Exhibitions | The Renaissance Society". www.renaissancesociety.org. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  6. ↑ "Stanley Battese | Art Auction Results". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  7. ↑ "Greeting Card: Indian Woman, Cross, and Small Pony (?) Nearby n.d. Silkscreen". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-10-13.


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