Fritz Scholder Paintings

Native American, 1937-2005

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.

Artist: Fritz Scholder

Fritz ScholderWoman and Dog #6

$43,000

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...

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Late 20th Century Contemporary Fritz Scholder Paintings

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Oil

Marc TanguyLes Ecrins/French Alps, 2017

$2,230

H 21.66 in W 27.56 in D 0.79 in

Les Ecrins/French Alps

Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR

This watercolor represents a view of the French Alps in the National natural park of Les Ecrins. The mauve mountain in the background is painted with oil a...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Fritz Scholder Paintings

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Oil, Watercolor

Maria FilopoulouSwimmers I, Maria Filopoulou, Greek, Water, Natural World, Expansive, Lagoon, 2023

$27,225

H 39.38 in W 51.19 in D 2.37 in

Swimmers I, Maria Filopoulou, Greek, Water, Natural World, Expansive, Lagoon

Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh

Water & Light are two main components that make the Greek landscape unique and irresistible. Greek painter Maria Filopoulou takes up these two clichés unashamedly and transforms thei...

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2010s Contemporary Fritz Scholder Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Eline de JongeShadows & Light Paris IV, 2024

$7,043

$4,695

H 36.23 in W 28.75 in D 1.58 in

L'embarras du choix

Located in PARIS, FR

Pascal Marcel (B.1964) L'embarras du choix Huile sur toile signée en bas à droite , titrée et datée au dos 92 x 73 cm / 36.22 x 28.74 inches With frame : 98 x 79 cm / 38.58 x 31.10 ...

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2010s Contemporary Fritz Scholder Paintings

Materials

Oil

Previously Available Items

Fritz Scholder"Millennium #7", Massive Surrealist Female Nude Painting, 1996

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H 80 in W 68 in D 2 in

"Millennium #7", Massive Surrealist Female Nude Painting

By Fritz Scholder

Located in Houston, TX

Painting of a nude woman wrapped in a cloth against an expressionist green background with accents of red. Artist Biography: Scholder has always worked in series of paintings. In 1967, his new series on the Native American, depicting the "real Indian...

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1990s Abstract Fritz Scholder Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Fritz ScholderDream Horse With Clouds

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H 68 in W 80 in

Dream Horse With Clouds

By Fritz Scholder

Located in Santa Fe, NM

acrylic on canvas 68 x 80 Frame size 70 x 82 30 lbs

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1980s Contemporary Fritz Scholder Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Fritz ScholderDartmouth Portrait # 9, 1973

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H 67 in W 54 in

Dartmouth Portrait # 9

By Fritz Scholder

Located in Denver, CO

A master work from Scholder's renowned Dartmouth series. Provenance: Cordier & Eckstrom, Inc., New York Private Collection, New Mexico Private Collection, Aspen, Colorado Curt...

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20th Century Other Art Style Fritz Scholder Paintings

Materials

Oil

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