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Oil painting of bison by Louis ShipShee, a Potawatomi Indian chief and artist. ShipShee was born August 11, 1896, on the Potawatomi Reservation near Mayetta, Jackson County, Kansas. He was a self-taught artist, know throughout the United States and Europe. He was an instructor at Haskell Indian College from 1932 to 1938, and lived in Topeka from 1952 until his death on June 17, 1975. Provenance of the painting suggests that it was given to Alf Landon by the artist.
Creator: Shipshee, Louis
Date: between 1916 and 1975
Item Number: 209960
KSHS Identifier: 1999.53.1
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Artists
Collections - Museum
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Art - American Indian
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Art - Artists
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Art - Painting
Date - 1910s
Date - 1920s
Date - 1930s
Date - 1940s
Date - 1950s
Date - 1960s
Date - 1970s
Education - Higher education - Institutions - Haskell Indian Nations University
Environment - Landscape
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Original Art - Picture - Nature
People - American Indians - Education - Haskell Indian Nations University
People - American Indians - Tribes - Potawatomi
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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