biographie de Fred KABOTIE (1900-1986)

Birth place: Shungopovi, Second Mesa, AZ

Addresses: Oraibi, AZ

Profession: Painter, illustrator, teacher, writer, lecturer, designer

Studied: Sante Fe Indian School, 1913-24; Alfred Univ.; Olof Nordmark.

Exhibited: S. Indp. A., 1920; AIC, 1934; GGE, 1939; MoMA, 1941; Philbrook AC, 1946; Inter-Tribal Ceremonials, Gallup, NM, 1946.

Member: Fellowship, Guggenheim Founnd., 1945-46.

Work: Mus. New Mexico, Santa Fe; Mus. Am. Indian, Heye Fnd., NYC; murals, Indian Tower, Grand Canyon, AZ; Indian Arts & Crafts Bd. Bright Angel Lodge, Grand Canyon, AZ, 1958; Container Corp. of Am.; Corcoran Gal.; Gilcrease Inst.; Colorado Springs FAC

Comments: Influential Hopi painter of the 1920s-30s; he founded Hotevilla to preserve Hopi ways; painted little after 1959. Positions: teacher, Arts & Crafts, Hopi H.S., Oraibi, AZ, 1937-; manager, Hopi Silvercraft Cooperative Guild. Illustr.: Tatay's Tales, 1925; Five Little Katchinas, 1929; The Rains Will Come, 1954; Swift Eagle of the Rio Grande, 1929. Auth.: Designs from the Ancient Mimbrenos, 1949.

Sources: WW59; WW47; P&H Samuels, 258; Eldredge, et al., Art in New Mexico, 1900-1945, 200.