Fritz Scholder Exhibition Catalog

Indian in Oklahoma, Oil on Canvas, 70″ x 60″

Black and White Flower, Acrylic on Canvas, 70″ x 60″

New Mexico No.1, Oil on Canvas, 60″ x 60″

Last Indian with American Flag, Lithograph, 36″ x 30″

Fritz Scholder Exhibition February 29 - March 12, 2016

Reception: Thursday, March 3, 6-9 pm

ALTAMIRA FINE ART SCOTTSDALE

Altamira Fine Art Scottsdale is pleased to present an exhibition of original works by renowned artist Fritz Scholder, one of the most influential American artists of the 20th century. Join us for the gallery opening reception held on Thursday, March 3rd from 6-9pm during the Main Street ArtWalk in downtown Scottsdale’s Arts District.

“ I’m interested in someone reacting to the work. And I don’t much care if they react negatively or positively, as long as they react. I felt it to be a compliment when I was told that I had destroyed the traditional style of Indian art.” ~ Fritz Scholder

Presales available. Call 480-949-1256 or email az@altamiraart.com

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

FRITZ SCHOLDER

(1937-2005)

Courtesy of Meridel Rubenstein

Fritz Scholder was born in 1937 in Breckenridge, Minnesota. His paternal grandmother was a member of the Luise単o tribe of Mission Indians.

Scholder studied at the University of Kansas, Wisconsin State University, and with celebrated pop artist Wayne Thiebaud at Sacramento ALTAMIRA FINE ART SCOTTSDALE

College in California. He earned a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Arizona in 1964.

Although Scholder did not consider himself an Indian, he was regarded as a leader of the New American Indian Art Movement. From 1964 to 1969 he taught painting and art history at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. From the beginning, he struggled to represent the landscape and people of the Southwest without indulging in the romantic clichĂŠs of genre art on the Native themes. In time he created an extraordinary fusion of abstract expressionism, surrealism and Pop art to express his unique vision of the Southwestern scene and the Native experience.

His work is in over 40 museum collections, including those of: the Museum of Modern Art; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Bibliothèque Nationale de France; the Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Fritz Scholder died February 10, 2005 at age 67 in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was married to Lisa Markgraf Fisher and had one son.

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SHOW CATALOG

ALTAMIRA FINE ART SCOTTSDALE

FRITZ SCHOLDER

Alone No. 2, 2001 Oil on Canvas, 50″ x 30″

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FRITZ SCHOLDER Black and White Flower, 2003 Acrylic on Canvas, 70″ x 60″

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FRITZ SCHOLDER

Flowers on Green, 2003 Acrylic on Canvas, 9″ x 12″

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FRITZ SCHOLDER Indian at Crow Fair, #2/20 Lithograph, 33″ x 44″

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Kachina with Hunting Stick, 2004 Oil on Canvas, 24″ x 20″

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FRITZ SCHOLDER Indian in Oklahoma, 2003 Oil on Canvas, 70″ x 60″

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Last Shaman, Acrylic on Canvas, 40″ x 30″

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FRITZ SCHOLDER Massacre at Wounded Knee, 1970 Oil on Canvas, 70″ x 58″

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FRITZ SCHOLDER

Millenium No. 1, 1996 Oil on Canvas, 80″ x 68″

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FRITZ SCHOLDER New Mexico No. 1, 1964 Oil on Canvas, 60″ x 60″

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Last Indian with American Flag, #81/150, 1970 Lithograph, 36″ x 30″

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FRITZ SCHOLDER Study: Taos Indian, 1972 Acrylic on Board, 25″ x 17″

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Two Pink Orchids, 2003 Acrylic on Canvas, 9″ x 12″

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FRITZ SCHOLDER White Indian, 1997 Acrylic, Oil on Canvas, 80″ x 68″

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Wild Poppy, 2002 Acrylic on Canvas, 12″ x 16″

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FRITZ SCHOLDER Confined Rose, 2003 Oil on Canvas, 16″ x 12″

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Apache Night Dances, #98/100 Lithograph, 22″ x 15″

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FRITZ SCHOLDER Indian Portrait with Tomahawk State 1, #32/75, 1997 Lithograph, 30″ x 22″

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Upcoming Shows

at Altamira Fine Art Scottsdale Fritz Scholder Exhibition February 29- March 12, 2016 Reception: Thursday, March 3, 6-9pm Beyond the Horizon Ed Mell, Howard Post, R. Tom Gilleon and Steve Seltzer March 21- April 9, 2016 Reception: Thursday, March 31, 6-9pm Visit www.altamiraart.com for more information and to view new work.

2 LOCATIONS: SCOTTSDALE, AZ + JACKSON, WY

7038 E. Main Street | Scottsdale, Arizona | 480.949.1256 172 Center Street | Jackson, Wyoming | 307.739.4700 For more information on gallery artists visit www.altamiraart.com