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Laverne Nelson Black
The Deer Hunters

c. 1930

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Laverne Nelson Black (American, 1887-1938) "The Deer Hunters" Signed Lower Left Canvas: 24 x 22 inches Framed: 30.5 x 28.5 inches Born in Viola, Wisconsin, Laverne Black became a painter and sculptor of western genre. His style combined Impressionism and Modernism, and he did not receive much attention for his work during his lifetime but was much appreciated later for his pictorial record of western life. He was the son of an innkeeper, and as a child, often played with Indian boys from the local Kickapoo reservation. From these experiences, he acquired great interest in Indian legends and traditions, which he began painting on his own, using natural materials such as berry juices for paints. His family sold their hotel business and moved to Chicago where he received his only formal training, which was at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts from 1906-1908. He worked as an illustrator for Minneapolis and Chicago newspapers, and assignments took him West where he sketched on ranches and Indian reservations. However, the best response to his work came in New York from customers at Tiffany's jewelry company who loved the small bronze figures he made of Indians and Cowboys. These sculptures were the first western-art objects to be shown at Tiffany's since those of Frederic Remington, which speaks to the perception of their quality. In 1925, Black moved to Taos, New Mexico because of failing health and his need of a drier climate. There he painted the landscape, Indian culture, and horses, and the Santa Fe Railroad purchased some of his paintings to use in advertisements. Many thought his best work resulted from his New Mexico paintings. On many of his works, he used modernist heavy palette knife applications and created large, loosely brushed blocks of color, but his painting still had close attention to detail. In 1937, needing money because the Depression years were so difficult, he moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where he and Oscar Berninghaus completed murals for the Post Office building. Black's mural showed vignettes of Arizona from the covered wagon pioneers to the mining period and included the pony express days and the beginning of the cattle industry. However, from working on this project, he died in a Chicago hospital of lead poisoning from paint. A memorial exhibition of his work was sponsored by the Arizona Society of Painters and Sculptors.
  • Creator:
    Laverne Nelson Black (1887 - 1938, American)
  • Creation Year:
    c. 1930
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 30.5 in (77.47 cm)Width: 28.5 in (72.39 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Missouri, MO
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU747313877382
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