Edwin Willard Deming (1860-1942) (American)
Indian Encampment
American: 1st Quarter 20th Century
Pencil and gouache on paper
Signed lower right: "EW Deming" with artist's cypher
7.5 x 12.25 inches on card
10.75 x 15.25 overall tipped to paper mount
15.25 x 20 inches custom gold-leaf frame, linen mat with gold fillet
Provenance: Graham Gallery , New York City (their label verso)
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Indian Encampment
Painting by Edwin Willard Deming
Painting by Edwin Willard Deming
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Serene landscape showing a small encampment of two tepees and five Indians, one on horseback. The tepees face a river or lake, with a snow-capped mountain in the distance. The forms are rendered in pale colors with blurred edges suggestive of early-morning haze.
Edwin Willard Deming was an artist said to know more about the American Indian than any other painter of his day. Born in Ohio , he spent much of his childhood in Western Illinois , growing up with Indian friends. In his teens he traveled west to Indian territories to sketch the inhabitants. Although his parents tried to steer him toward a law career, he was determined to become an artist, and studied at the Art Students League in New York and the Academie Julian in Paris . Returning to the U.S. , he supported himself painting cycloramas -- large, touring circular murals -- and made trips to the Southwest and to Oregon to paint Native Americans. He immersed himself in Indian culture, even living with them for a year. In 1916, he painted the murals of Indian life for the American Museum of Natural History , New York . He spent his latter years in New York City , where he was a member of the National Arts Club and National Society of Mural Painters. His work is in numerous museums including the Brooklyn Museum and National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Reference:
Zellman, Michael David, dir. American Art Analog. Vol. 2. Chelsea House: New York, 1986. p. 574.