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Rudolph Carl Gorman With Self-Portrait Photo

Rudolph Carl Gorman (1931 –2005) was a Native American artist of the Navajo Nation. Referred to as "the Picasso of American Indian art" by the New York Times, his paintings are primarily of Native American women and characterized by fluid forms and vibrant colors, though he also worked in sculpture, ceramics, and stone lithography. He was also an avid lover of cuisine, authoring four cookbooks, (with accompanying drawings) called Nudes and Food.

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Cassandra

Blessing way

Midnight

Navajo Velvet

Gorman grew up in a traditional Navajo hogan and began drawing at age 3. His grandmother helped raise him, recounting Navajo legends and enumerating his genealogy of artist ancestors. She kindled his desire to become an artist.

Night Stories

Esperauza

Red Bird

Ranchos Twilight

Blue

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Woman With Poppies

Floria

Iris

-Woman With Lemons

- Sunset Woman

- Zia Benita

Chile a la Mode

- Natalina Marigolds

Chimayo chilis

La Chilerafragment

Zia

Yellow Woman Dragon Fly

Young Taos Man

The Parasol And The Cloud Women Of The Desert.

Woman With Hand On Hip

Woman With Concho

Peshlekai

Winter Etude

Sandra's New Blanket

Woman With Chili Peppers

Woman Shucking CornWild Woman

Woman At The Lake

Colorado

Beauty Way

Winter Lights

First Snow Navajo

Whispers Men of Taos II

Waterfall

Vanessa Chee

Untitled 1981 Indian Ladies

Mesa Visit

Wild flowers

Taos Poppies

Luminarias

Nightwatch

Three Desert WomenFrida

Two Women

Two Michelles

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Ship

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Ruby Throat Hummer

Gorman was born in Chinle, Arizona. His mother was Adele Katherine Brown, and his father Carl Gorman was a noted Navajo painter and teacher, who later became a code talker during World War II.

In 1958, he received the first scholarship from the Navajo Tribal Council to study outside of the United States, and enrolled in the art program at Mexico City College. There he learned of and was influenced by the work Diego Rivera. He later studied art at San Francisco State University, where he also worked as a model.

Gorman moved from California to New Mexico, opening his Navajo Gallery in Taos in 1968. In 1973, he was the only living artist whose work was shown in the “Masterworks of the American Indian" show held at Metropolitan Museum in New York. One of his pieces was selected for the cover of the exhibit's catalog.

Sound: R. Carlos Nakai - Turquoise World; Song For The Morning Star

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