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Joe Waano-Gano Drawings

American, 1906-1982

Joe Waano-Gano was born in the US in 1906. He is a native American artist with a prestigious career in California in the 1930s and 1940s. Born a Cherokee Indian (his name means "Bow-Arrow"), Waano-Gano studied with Christian von Schneidau in the 1920s before exhibiting widely in the 1930s and 1940s. Waano-Gano won a series of medals and prizes, painted murals in the Los Angeles General Hospital, and promoted the native art of the American Indian.

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Creator: Joe Waano-Gano
"Female Nude with Ball, " Drawing by Waano-Gano
By Joe Waano-Gano
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This academic drawing was executed by Joe Waano Gano, an important Native American artist with a prestigious career in California in the 1930s and 1940s. Born a Cherokee Indian...
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1930s American Vintage Joe Waano-Gano Drawings

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"Twisting Male Nude, " Art Deco Drawing by Pioneering Native American, 1934
By Joe Waano-Gano
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This nude figure, decked out in an Errol Flynn moustache and slicked-back hair, was executed in dark red pencil by Joe Waano-Gano, an important Native American artist with a prestigious career in California in the 1930s and 1940s. Born a Cherokee Indian...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Joe Waano-Gano Drawings

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