Image Source: ADDISON ROWE GALLERYLAVERNE NELSON BLACK
1887-1938
Born in Viola, Wisconsin, Laverne Nelson Black was first introduced to the Native American culture through the children he played with from the Kickapoo reservation near his childhood home. When his family moved to Chicago, Black was able to receive formal instruction at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts.
Black took work as an illustrator in Chicago, relishing his assignments that would take him out West. In 1925 he moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he combined Impressionist and Modernist techniques in his paintings of the local landscape and Native American culture, many of which were created with a palette knife, and heavy use of paint and color.
Source: William a. Karges Fine Art
LAVERNE NELSON BLACK BIOGRAPHY
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LaVerne Nelson Black’s interest in painting Indian subjects emerged during his childhood in the Kickapoo River Valley area of Wisconsin, a region rich with the influence of Native American culture. After his family moved to Chicago, Black was able to study at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts from 1906 to 1908. Eventually, due to failing health, Black and his family moved to Taos around 1925. It was there that he did his best work. His bold blocks of color and warm hues were used to convey the essence of the Southwest.
Oil on canvas
22 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches
Signed lower left
SOLD