Daniel HorseChief Oil Painting on Canvas "The Gift"

Item Details

Provenance
Property from an American Midwestern Museum

An oil painting on canvas titled The Gift by listed Cherokee artist Daniel HorseChief (b. 1969), dated 2006. The work depicts the historic figure Sequoyah (Cherokee, 1767 – 1843) in an autumnal landscape. He holds papers with Cherokee and a feather, an allusion to his creation of the Cherokee syllabary. Signed and dated by the artist to the lower left. Housed in a wood frame with a brass-tone name plate. To the verso is a label stating the piece was an Honorable Mention at the 35th Trail of Tears Art Show at the Cherokee Heritage Center.

HorseChief is a painter and sculptor whose works highlight and honor Cherokee culture. The youngest of four children, HorseCheif was born to a Pawnee father and Cherokee mother. He spent his childhood learning art from his older siblings and art teacher mother, who instilled in him an appreciation and understanding of Cherokee culture. The artist received his formal training at Bacone College in Muskogee, Oklahoma, under painter Ruthe Blalock Jones (Delaware-Shawnee-Peoria b. 1939) and Northeastern State University at Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Later, HorseChief received an AA in Museum Studies from the Institute of the American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The artist has received numerous local and national awards for his art. HorseChief has had several bronze sculptures commissioned by Northeastern State University and the Cherokee Nation.

Condition

- yellow discoloration to the canvas verso, not visible from the front; small gaps in the frame joints in the upper left and lower right corners.

Dimensions

- measures frame; sight size 15.5" W x 19.5" H.

Item #

17DCC191-022