Fritz Scholder was born in Breckenridge, Minnesota in 1937. He was raised in Wahpeton, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, attending public schools with Anglo children. In the 1950s, Scholder studied with Wayne Thiebaud, a pop artist. Thiebaud escorted Scholder...
Originally known as Brown’s Falls, Minnehaha Falls became famous in the mid nineteenth-century. Inspired by the poetry and art of the first explorers to Minnesota, artists from the east toured the Mississippi River. It acquired national, even world, fame thanks to the...
Early Minnesota Artists Minnesota Natives and Immigrant Artists The humble beginnings of art in Minnesota involved interactions between several particular groupings of people. This was apparent in why individuals came to the area, where they stayed, and what they...
Artist Allan Houser and the Start of Experimental Indigenous Art The Studio was the first Native American painting program (1932), held at the Santa Fe Indian School, New Mexico. The class did not discuss art theory, art history, and modern art movements. Prior to the...
Milton Avery Simple Subjects in Complex Colors Thought of as the American Matisse, Milton Avery built a legacy that was recognized during his life by other artists and the modern art community. Why then did he not acquire much profit from his work, and why was his...
Emile Gruppe The Rapid Agility of Painter Emile Gruppe Emile Gruppé is highly respected by critics, honored and prolific as a plein air painter and the son of Charles Paul Gruppé. He is well-known for Impressionistic paintings of the landscape and marine scenes of New...
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