Fritz Scholder was born in Breckenridge, Minnesota, on October 6, 1937. Scholder was a prominent Indian portrait, figure and genre painter in Arizona. His father was part Indian and Fritz Scholder chose to focus his artwork on this part of his lineage and to express both an appreciation and disdain for Indian customs, traditions and daily existence. In his childhood, where he was the fifth sibling in a primarily German family, he showed a passion for collecting, which has dominated his largely autobiographical art. He studied at the University of Kansas, Wisconsin State University and with Wayne Thiebaud at Sacramento College in California. He earned a master of fine arts degree from the University of Arizona. A long-time resident of Scottsdale, Arizona, he has filled several artist-in-residence positions including Dartmouth College and the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute. In his work, he frequently showed the harsh, realistic side of Indians' lives and deaths including the effects of alcohol and other dissipations, but some of his depictions are humorous such as Indians on horseback carrying umbrellas. His brush-work is generally swift, and the tone often somber and surreal. A major influence on his work was the contemporary British artist, Francis Bacon, from whom Scholder adapted ironic distortions into his canvases. In Scottsdale, he lived in an adobe-walled oasis of palm trees and oleander, amid skulls and skeletons. In the garden, several of Mr. Scholder's sculptures feature skull-like heads. In the library, an 18th-century skull engraved with witchcraft symbols shared shelf space with books printed before 1500. And the porch had been converted into a skull room, complete with Mexican Day of the Dead paraphernalia that spill from cabinets and rest on shelves and antique chairs. In a New York Times interview of August 12, 2001, Scholder said that despite the death-related items with which he surrounds himself, “I consider myself a natural optimist which might be surprising because I like the dark side of things. That's simply because of intellectual curiosity. I celebrate each day. I truly wake up happy every morning”. In appearance, he was rather a heavy set with shoulder-length hair and a radiant smile. He was shy and idiosyncratic including the driving of a gold 1979 Rolls-Royce fitted with tinted windows. His career includes etchings, aquatints, lithographs, monotypes, photographs, collages, sculptures and mixed media, but he is best known for his paintings. He was married to Lisa Markgraf Fisher and had one son. In his artwork, death had been a constant preoccupation for Scholder. He said, “Death is completely fearful, terrible violence that intrudes into what people believe. It's not what I want to think about, but it's there and is either the worst practical joke in the creation or the fault of whoever made all this up”. Fritz Scholder died February 10, 2005, at age 67 in Scottsdale, and a memorial service was held at the Heard Museum in Phoenix.
Bicentennial Indian from the Kent Bicentennial Portfolio by Fritz Scholder
By Fritz Scholder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Bicentennial Indian by Fritz Scholder, Native American (1937–2005) Portfolio: Kent Bicentennial Date: 1975 Offset Lithograph (unsigned as issued) Image Size: 9.5 x 13 inches Frame Si...
Lithograph
Fritz Scholder, "Walking Dog" Lithograph, 1977
By Fritz Scholder
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fritz Scholder (1937 2005) Walking Dog 1977 Lithograph, Edition 80/100 Hand signed "Scholder" lower right, numbered lower left. Full sheet size, 22 inches x 30 inches. Printer: Tam...
Lithograph
Art '78 - Washington D.C. Armory Show, Pop Art Poster by Fritz Scholder
By Fritz Scholder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Art ‘78 - Washington D.C. Armory Show Fritz Scholder Native American (1937–2005) Date: 1978 Screenprint Poster Size: 32 x 30 in. (81.28 x 76.2 cm)
Screen
$4,500
One Cat D
By Fritz Scholder
Located in Bozeman, MT
Born in 1937 in Breckenridge, Minnesota, Fritz Scholder knew what he must do at an early age. As a high school student at Pierre, South Dakota, his teacher was Oscar Howe...
Monotype
$1,700
Fritz Scholder American artist 1982 original hand signed engraving texture mask
By Fritz Scholder
Located in Miami, FL
Fritz Scholder (United States, 1937-2005) 'Untitled 1', engraving on paper 30 x 22.1 in. (76 x 56 cm.) ID: SCH1341-007-000 Unframed
Paper, Ink, Engraving, Etching, Aquatint
$1,700
Fritz Scholder American artist 1982 original hand signed engraving protrait
By Fritz Scholder
Located in Miami, FL
Fritz Scholder (United States, 1937-2005) 'Mystery portrait in Barcelona -1', 1982 engraving on paper 30 x 22.1 in. (76 x 56 cm.) ID: SCH1341-006-000 Unframed
Ink, Engraving, Etching, Aquatint
$1,700
Fritz Scholder American artist 1982 original hand signed engraving mask woman
By Fritz Scholder
Located in Miami, FL
Fritz Scholder (United States, 1937-2005) 'Mask of a mystery woman', 1982 engraving on paper 30 x 22.1 in. (76 x 56 cm.) ID: SCH1341-002-000 Unframed
Paper, Ink, Engraving, Aquatint, Screen, Etching
Bicentennial Indian, Pop Art Offset Lithograph by Fritz Scholder
By Fritz Scholder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Fritz Scholder, Native American (1937 - 2005) - Bicentennial Indian, Portfolio: Kent Bicentennial Portfolio, Year: 1975, Medium: Offset Lithograph, Image Size: 9.5 x 13 inches, S...
Lithograph, Offset
Woman and Dog #6
By Fritz Scholder
Located in Bozeman, MT
Born in 1937 in Breckenridge, Minnesota, Fritz Scholder knew what he must do at an early age. As a high school student at Pierre, South Dakota, his teacher was Oscar Howe, a noted Sioux artist. In the summer of 1955, Scholder attended the Mid-West Art and Music Camp at the University of Kansas. He was voted Best Boy Artist and President of the Art Camp. He studied with Robert B. Green at Lawrence. In 1956, Scholder graduated from Ashland High School in Wisconsin and took his freshman year at Wisconsin State University in Superior, where he studied with Arthur Kruk, James Grittner and Michael Gorski. In 1957, Scholder moved with his family to Sacramento, California where he studied with Wayne Thiebaud. Thiebaud invited Scholder to join him, along with Greg Kondos and Peter Vandenberg in creating a cooperative gallery in Sacramento. Scholder’s first show received an exceptional review. Scholder’s next one man exhibition was at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento. His work was being shown throughout the region, including the Palace of Legion of Honor in San Francisco. Upon graduation, from Sacramento State University, where he studied with Tarmo Pasto and Raymond Witt, Scholder was invited to participate in the Rockefeller Indian Art Project at the University of Arizona in 1961. Scholder is one-quarter Luseino, a California Mission tribe. He met Cherokee designer, Lloyd Kiva New and studied with Hopi jeweler, Charles Loloma. After receiving a John Hay Whitney Fellowship, Scholder moved to Tucson and became a graduate assistant in the Fine Arts Department where he studied with Andrew Rush and Charles Littler...
Oil
$4,000
ASU Portrait II /// Fritz Scholder Native American Indian Expressionist Surreal
By Fritz Scholder
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Fritz Scholder (Native American, 1937-2005) Title: "ASU Portrait II" Portfolio: Arizona State University Centennial Portfolio *Signed by Scholder in pencil lower right Year: 1984 Medium: Original Lithograph on Arches Cover buff paper Limited edition: 49/100 Printer: Joseph M. Segura of the Print Research Facility, School of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Publisher: the Print Research Facility, School of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Sheet size: 20.25" x 15" Reference: "Collaborative Works: Recent Work and Catalogue Raisonné of the Visual Arts Research Institute" - ASU/VARI No. 121, page 98 Condition: Never framed, has been professionally stored away within its original portfolio case for decades. In mint condition Not a single example of this work has ever appeared at auction in over 40 years. Extremely rare Notes: Provenance: one owner ever - private collection - Scottsville, AZ; acquired directly from the publisher the Print Research Facility, School of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ upon its release in 1984. Numbered by Scholder in pencil lower left. Comes from the 1984 "Arizona State University Centennial Portfolio" of eighteen prints in various mediums by Daniel R Britton, R. E. (Ron) Gasowski, Arthur W. Hahn, James Hajicek, Jules Heller...
Lithograph
$15,000
Iraq Trio
By Fritz Scholder
Located in Bozeman, MT
Born in 1937 in Breckenridge, Minnesota, Fritz Scholder knew what he must do at an early age. As a high school student at Pierre, South Dakota, his teacher was Oscar Howe...
Mixed Media
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Custer's Last Fight
By Fritz Scholder
Located in Missouri, MO
Fritz Scholder (1937-2005) "Custer's Last Fight" Lithograph Ed. 54/75 Signed and Numbered Site Size: approx 22 x 30 inches Framed Size: approx. 35 x 41.5 inches Born in Breckenridge, Minnesota, Fritz Scholder became a prominent Indian portrait, figure, and genre painter in Arizona. His father was part Indian, and Fritz Scholder chose to focus his art work on this part of his lineage and to express both an appreciation and disdain for Indian customs, traditions, and daily existence. He studied at the University of Kansas, Wisconsin State University, and with Wayne Thiebaud at Sacramento College in California. He earned an Master of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Arizona. A long-time resident of Scottsdale, Arizona, he has filled a number of artist-in-residence positions including Dartmouth College and the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute. In his work, he frequently showed the harsh, realistic side of Indians' lives and deaths including the affects of alcohol and other dissipations, but some of his depictions are humorous such as Indians on horseback carrying umbrellas. His brush-work is generally swift, and the tone often sombre and surreal. A major influence on his work was the contemporary British artist, Francis Bacon, from whom Scholder adapted ironic distortions into his canvases. In Scottsdale, he lived in an adobe-walled oasis of palm trees and oleander, amid skulls and skeletons. In the garden, several of Mr. Scholder's sculptures feature skull-like heads. In the library, an 18th-century skull engraved with witchcraft symbols shared shelf space with books printed before 1500. And the porch had been converted into a skull room, complete with Mexican Day of the Dead...
Paper, Lithograph
$750
H 34.13 in W 29.88 in
Dogs and Bones /// Contemporary Pop Art Animal Pet Funny Humor Screenprint
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-) Title: "Dogs and Bones" *Signed and numbered by May in pencil lower left Year: 1986 Medium: Original Screenprint on unbranded white wove paper Limited edition: 15/25 Printer: the artist May himself, Oakland, CA Publisher: the artist May himself, Oakland, CA Sheet size: 34.13" x 29.88" Image size: 25.88" x 24" Condition: Some moderate edge wear around, and heavy wear with a repaired tear at lower right corner. In otherwise good condition with strong colors and clean paper. Will look great once framed and with its marginal imperfections covered Notes: Titled and dated by May in pencil lower right. Biography: Dan May is an American painter and printmaker born on March 11, 1955 in San Francisco, CA. Raised in aesthetic surroundings heavily influenced by his architect father, May grew up learning to view all things with an eye for design, color, and shape. At age 5, he remembers his father cutting up a book of drawings by Henri Matisse and hanging them on the walls of their home. The French master Matisse as well as Richard Diebenkorn and David Hockney are his favorite art influences. He began his first attempts at painting at age 15, and later began to experiment with printmaking, teaching himself various techniques such as woodblock printing, etching, silkscreen printing, and monoprinting. Monoprinting soon became May's medium of choice due to its wide range of expression and spontaneity that he felt other techniques lacked. May - "With monoprinting, you can only work a piece for as a long as the paint stays wet, so the resulting print has a feeling of movement and immediacy. I also like how monoprinting allows the brush strokes to transfer a transparent light quality to the print. For me, this is a technique that bridges drawing...
Screen
$250
H 30 in W 20 in
David Hockney 'The Tate Gallery - Celia in a Black Dress' Exhibition Print
By David Hockney
Located in San Rafael, CA
David Hockney (British, b. 1937), 'David Hockney -The Tate Gallery - Travels with Pen, Pencil and Ink, Drawings and Prints, but no paintings, 1961 - 1979'...
Lithograph
$350
H 15.63 in W 15.88 in
Cat with a Habit /// Contemporary Animal Smoking Humor Screenprint Black
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-) Title: "Cat with a Habit" *Signed and numbered by May in pencil lower left Year: 1995 Medium: Original Screenprint on unbranded white wove paper Lim...
Screen
$2,900
H 32 in W 26 in
"Requiem/Let Them Be, " Etching and Aquatint signed by Joan Snyder
By Joan Snyder
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Requiem" is an original etching and aquatint by Joan Snyder. The artist signed the piece, and the edition is of 120. This piece features abstract, expressionist text and an striking portrait of a woman with red lipstick on a pink background. 25 5/8" x 20" art 32" x 26" frame Joan Snyder was born on April 16, 1940, in Highland Park, New Jersey. She received her AB from Douglass College in New Brunswick, New Jersey (1962), and an MFA from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey (1966). She was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1974) and a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship (1983). Snyder lives in Brooklyn and Woodstock, New York. Although Snyder’s paintings are often placed under various art-movement umbrellas—Abstract...
Etching, Aquatint
I Promise To Love You
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
2014 Colour offset lithograph on 250 gsm glossy wove paper 70 x 50 cm Edition of 500 Signed and dated in pen by Tracey Emin Published by Emin International Stored in its original tub...
Paper, Lithograph, Offset
$1,880Sale Price|20% Off
H 25.5 in W 18 in
Donald Baechler Flower 2005 (Donald Baechler flower prints)
By Donald Baechler
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Donald Baechler "Flower," 2005: Medium: Aquatint and dry-point on Somerset paper. Sheet size: 25 1⁄2 x 18 inches. Image: 17.25 x 11 inches. Edition of 34 +5 AP. Hand signed, dated a...
Drypoint, Aquatint
Heads or Tails - Signed Silkscreen Blue Dog Print
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of 4 frames, 1 each blue, pink, fuchsia and green. Each frame contains the head of a blue dog all with soulful yellow eyes. This pop art animal original...
Screen
$6,995
H 21 in W 34 in D 1 in
Butterflies Are Free - Signed Silkscreen Print Blue Dog
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of 2 dogs; one with a brown vest sitting on a blue rug with a tan border and decorated with blue butterflies. One butterfly has released itself from the ...
Screen
$6,495
H 23 in W 33 in D 1 in
A Chorus Line of Flowers - Signed Silkscreen Print Blue Dog
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of 2 Blue dogs, each on a separate background, one red and one black with a strand of yellow flowers strewn across both dogs. All the dogs have soulful yellow eyes. This pop art animal original silkscreen print on paper is guaranteed authentic and is hand signed by the artist. Artist: George Rodrigue Title: Blue Dog “A Chorus Line...
Screen
$6,995
H 27 in W 21 in D 1 in
Blue Dog "Shades of the 50's Blue" Print Signed Numbered Artwork
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of 1 blue dog on a dark blue background with painted white eyeglasses donning a white tie with painted blue eyeglasses. Th...
Screen
$2,850
H 28.75 in W 23.75 in D 1.25 in
Edgar Britton ‘Bird #2’ 1949 Vintage Modernist Black-and-White Monotype Print
Located in Denver, CO
Bird #2 is a striking vintage black-and-white monotype print by celebrated Colorado modernist Edgar Britton (1901–1982), created in 1949. This original mid-century work presents a bo...
Monotype
$799
H 30 in W 20 in D 0.3 in
Original California Ferrari Louis Vuitton Parc de Bagatelle hand signed poster
By Razzia (Gérard Courbouleix–Dénériaz)
Located in Spokane, WA
Original 1989 Louis Vuitton Automobile Classiques Poster –Hand Signed, Archival Linen-Backed. This poster was created for the Concours d’Elegance ...
Lithograph
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H 19.25 in W 15 in
Monster Love, Abstract Expressionist Lithograph by Fritz Scholder
By Fritz Scholder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Fritz Scholder, Native American (1937 - 2005) - Monster Love, Year: circa 1977, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 71/150, Image Size: 11.5 x 9.75 inches...
Lithograph
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H 18 in W 22 in
Bicentennial Indian, Pop Art Offset Lithograph by Fritz Scholder
By Fritz Scholder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Fritz Scholder, Native American (1937 - 2005) - Bicentennial Indian, Portfolio: Kent Bicentennial Portfolio, Year: 1975, Medium: Offset Lithograph, Image Size: 9.5 x 13 inches, S...
Lithograph, Offset
Orange Tulip Color Monotype Signed
By Fritz Scholder
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Orange Tulip Color Monotype, handmade archival paper, pencil signed and titled paper size 40.5x31 inches with frame 49x38.5x1/25 printed: Joseph M. Segura of the Print Research Facility, School of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Wielding bold colors and abstract shapes, Fritz Scholder forever changed the way the world saw American Indians in art. Scholder was one-quarter Luiseño, a Southern California tribe, but was raised as white, a dichotomy that later would inform the themes of his artwork. Interested in art from an early age, he moved to Sacramento in 1957 and enrolled first at Sacramento City College, where he studied under Pop artist Wayne Thiebaud, and then at Sacramento State College. He had his first solo exhibition and sold his first major painting in Sacramento, but after graduating struggled to support himself and his family. Then came the welcome news that he had received a full scholarship to participate in the Rockefeller Foundation’s Southwest Indian Art...
Monotype
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H 22 in W 30 in D 0.08 in
Fritz Scholder Native American Signed Color Lithograph, 1973
By Fritz Scholder
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Fritz Scholder original color lithograph, signed in pencil lower right. Edition is 50 of which this print is no. 46. Created 1973. In excellent condition - Unmatted and un-framed. ...
Paper, Ink
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H 30 in W 22 in
Fritz William Scholder American 1982 original hand signed engraving flower etchi
By Fritz Scholder
Located in Miami, FL
Fritz Scholder (United States, 1937-2005) 'Untitled III', 1982 Etching and aquatint 30 x 22.1 in. (76 x 56 cm.) ID: SCH1341-009 Unframed
Paper, Ink, Engraving, Etching, Aquatint
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H 30 in W 22 in
Fritz Scholder American Artist Original Hand Signed engraving
By Fritz Scholder
Located in Miami, FL
Fritz Scholder (United States, 1937-2005) 'Untitled 2', engraving on paper 30 x 22.1 in. (76 x 56 cm.) ID: SCH1341-008-000 Unframed
Paper, Ink, Engraving, Etching, Aquatint, Screen
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H 30 in W 22 in
Fritz William Scholder American artist 1982 original signed engraving mask
By Fritz Scholder
Located in Miami, FL
Fritz Scholder (American, 1937-2005) 'Mask of the artist', 1982 Engraving, aquatint and resin 30 x 22.1 in. (76 x 56 cm.) ID: SCH1341-005 Unframed
Aquatint, Etching, Engraving, Ink, Paper
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H 30 in W 22 in
Fritz Scholder American Artist 1982 Original Hand Signed engraving
By Fritz Scholder
Located in Miami, FL
Fritz Scholder (United States, 1937-2005) 'Self portrait in Barcelona', 1982 engraving on paper 30 x 22.1 in. (76 x 56 cm.) ID: SCH1341-003-000 Unframed
Paper, Ink, Engraving, Aquatint, Screen, Etching
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H 30 in W 22 in
Fritz Scholder American Artist 1982 Original Hand Signed engraving
By Fritz Scholder
Located in Miami, FL
Fritz Scholder (United States, 1937-2005) 'Flower al giverney - 2', 1982 engraving on paper 30 x 22.1 in. (76 x 56 cm.) ID: SCH1341-001-000 Unframed
Paper, Ink, Engraving, Aquatint, Screen
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H 30 in W 22 in D 0.13 in
Fritz Scholder Original Color Lithograph, 1979, "Another Matinee Cowboy"
By Fritz Scholder
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Color Lithograph, 1979. By iconic artist Fritz Scholder (1937-2005). Sheet size: 30 x 22. Full margins, deckled edges, unframed and in excellent condition. Pencil signed lower lef...
Paper
Untitled (Man with Black Cat)
By Fritz Scholder
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
An original pen and ink drawing on purple wove paper by Native American artist Fritz Scholder (1937-2005) titled "Untitled (Man with Black Cat)", 1988. Hand signed by Scholder lower ...
Ink, Pen
Fritz Scholder Snake Dancer Lithograph
By Fritz Scholder
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Dynamic Fritz Scholder signed lithograph depicting the silhouette of a Native American dancer with a snake between his teeth. Dimensions listed are inclusive of the frame. Print it...
Paint