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.
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
$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
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
$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
$2,200
"Second Dream" Modern Abstract Purple Toned Figurative Lithograph 11 of 79
By Fritz Scholder
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract lithograph with a figure clutching a pink object with an enigmatic background. The lithograph is edition 11 of 79. The piece is framed in a floating silver frame with a whit...
Lithograph
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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
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
$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 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
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
Original Fritz Scholder 'Art '78" Exhibition Silkscreen Poster
By Fritz Scholder
Located in Denver, CO
Original Fritz Scholder 'Art '78" Exhibition Silkscreen Poster. Original vintage Fritz Scholder 'Art '78" Exhibition silkscreen poster from exhibition at the D.C. Armory, May 3-8, 1978. Artist: Fritz Scholder, Native American (1937–2005). Date: 1978 Screenprint Poster Dimensions 32 x 30 in. (81.28 x 76.2 cm) Printed by " Fritz Scholder, 1978 Transworld Art Corp., New York. Original Serigraph printed at Fine Creations, New York" Acquired at an auction of Fine Art from an East Coast Educational Institution in 2025. About the Artist 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...
Paper
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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
$1,200
H 13.25 in W 9.25 in
Kostume, Plakate, und Dekorationen, "Der Salamander"
By Walter Schnackenberg
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell of the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s colorful and sensuous posters depicting theatrical and decadent subjects. Schnackenberg became a regular contributor of similar compositions to the German magazines Jugend and Simplicissimus before devoting himself to the design of stage scenery and costumes. In the artist’s theatrical work, his mastery of form, ornamentation, and Orientalism became increasingly evident. He excelled at combining fluid Art Nouveau outlines, with spiky Expressionist passages, and the postures and patterns of the mysterious East...
Lithograph
$1,425
H 20 in W 24 in
Arrow With Red End, Hand Signed Lithograph, Edition of 100, Framed, 1967
By Allan D'Arcangelo 1
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, dated and numbered lithograph. Sheet size 20 x 24 inches. Custom framed as pictured. From the edition of 100. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authen...
Paper, Lithograph
$995
H 21.25 in W 17 in
Henri Matisse Lithograph, 1958, Danseuse Creole, The Last Works of Matisse
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse (after) Title: Danseuse Creole Portfolio: The Last Works of Henri Matisse Medium: Lithograph Date: 1958 Edition: 2000 Frame Size: 21 1/4" x 17" Sheet Size: 14" ...
Lithograph
$3,400
H 33 in W 25 in D 1 in
Original Lithograph PENCIL SIGNED Ed. 30/150 Affiche avant la lettre LAS MUJERAS
By Rufino Tamayo
Located in New York, NY
Here we have an Original Pencil Signed and Numbered Lithograph by Rufino Tamayo, famous Mexican American Artist…. known for abstract Figurative Expressionist images There was only a...
Lithograph
$3,295
H 26.5 in W 33.25 in
Original Romare Bearden Lithograph, 1977, The Conversation
By Romare Bearden
Located in Washington, DC
Title: The Conversation Medium: Lithograph in colors Year: 1977 Edition: AP (artist's proof, aside from the edition of 175) Signature: Stamped signature Image Size: 18" x 25" Sheet S...
Lithograph
$2,850
H 28.75 in W 23.75 in D 1.25 in
Edgar Britton “Bird #2” 1949 Modernist Black and White Monotype Print
By Edgar Britton 1
Located in Denver, CO
Rare original 1949 monotype print by acclaimed American Modernist artist Edgar Britton (1901–1982), titled Bird #2. This striking black-and-white composition depicts a luminous white...
Monotype
Group Scene Slacks
By Lester Johnson
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Lester Johnson Title: Group Scene Slacks Medium: Lithograph Signed: Hand Signed Edition: Edition of 175 Measurements: 29" x 21" Year: 1979 Note: This piece is sold UNFRAMED ...
Lithograph
$675
H 15 in W 12 in D 1 in
"Noir #11", Contemporary Miniature Figurative Abstract Lithograph in Black
Located in Soquel, CA
Miniature contemporary black and white abstract expressionist lithograph of a highly abstracted face in white by Bay Area artist Peter Foley (American, 20th/21stCentury). Signed "P.F...
Parchment Paper, Lithograph
$700
H 16 in W 10 in
Abstract Composition Color Lithograph, Mid-20th Century, Unframed
By Marie Raymond
Located in Belgrade, MT
This color lithograph is part of my private collection since the 1970's. Marie Raymond was a pioneer post WWII painter of her generation. She was a lyrical abstractionist of her time...
Color, Lithograph
$2,800
H 17 in W 22 in
Saul Steinberg - Sam's Art New York International portfolio Signed/n lithograph
By Saul Steinberg
Located in New York, NY
Saul Steinberg Sam's Art, from The New York International Portfolio), 1966 Lithograph on wove paper with blind stamp Pencil signed and numbered 12/225 on the front Published by Tanglewood Press, Knickerbocker Machine and Foundry, Inc., New York Printed by Irwin Hollander with blind stamp Unframed This Steinberg lithograph is titled Sam's Art, which of course refers to Uncle Sam, the nickname for the United States government. It features his version of the motto seen on our dollar bills, "Annuit Coeptis", which is one of the mottoes found on the Great Seal of the United States. It is directly underneath the "Eye of Providence" and is translated by the US Treasury and State Department as "God (or Providence) favors our undertakings". American President Abraham Lincoln, sitting in front of an easel, is also depicted as an artist in this telling 1960s work. Commentary: "In Saul Steinberg’s lithograph ‘Sam’s Art’, Abraham Lincoln, in stove-pipe hat, poses as the artist in front of his canvas. While his attention looks fixed on rendering the slightly wobbly pyramid with an eye, the Masonic motif from the back of the one dollar bill, the line from his brush has floated off the canvas to become a cubist-futurist cloud in the sky. The American Eagle looks on, perched on a civil war cannon...
Lithograph
$900
H 10 in W 11 in
Colorful lithograph part of a collection of 6 serigraphie. Original and signed .
By Fernand Léger
Located in Belgrade, MT
This print is part of my private collection. They were published in a numbered unsigned edition of 1000, and a signed edition of 200, printed by Serifraphie Fernand Leger, Paris and ...
Lithograph
Street Scene 4
By Lester Johnson
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Lester Johnson Title: Street Scene 4 Medium: Lithograph Signed: Hand Signed Edition: Edition of 175 Measurements: 29" x 21" Year: 1978 Note: This piece is sold UNFRAMED Con...
Lithograph
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H 30 in W 21.07 in
Indian in Paris /// Fritz Scholder Native American Contemporary Lithograph Man
By Fritz Scholder
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Fritz Scholder (Native American, 1937-2005) Title: "Indian in Paris" *Signed by Scholder in pencil lower right Year: 1976 Medium: Original Lithograph on Arches paper Limited ...
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
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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
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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
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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
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H 30 in W 22 in
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
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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
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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