Sherman Chaddlesone

Sherman Chaddlesone
Born (1947-06-02)June 2, 1947
Lawton, OK
Died August 17, 2013(2013-08-17) (aged 66)
Anadarko, OK
Nationality Kiowa Tribe
Education Institute of American Indian Arts, Central State University
Known for muralist, sculptor, and painter
Spouse(s) Allie Chaddlesone
Website https://web.archive.org/web/20150413080230/http://chaddlesone.webs.com/

Sherman Terrance Chaddlesone (2 June 1947 – 17 August 2013) was a Kiowa Indian painter from Anadarko, Oklahoma, who played a pivotal role in late 20th century Native American art.

Background

Chaddlesone was born in Lawton, Oklahoma, son of John Wesley and Alice Toppah (Yellowhair) Chaddlesone.[1] He grew up in the Wichita Mountains area, around Saddle Mountain, Oklahoma. He was a direct descendant of the great Kiowa war chief Satanta, also known as White Bear.

Education

Chaddlesone was educated at the Institute of Indian Affairs and Art High School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico. While at the institute, Chaddlesone took classes with notable figures such as Allan Houser and Fritz Scholder. He also attended Central State University (now University of Central Oklahoma) in Edmond, Oklahoma, where he undertook post-graduate work. His earliest art training began at home where his father taught him basic anatomy, portraiture and pencil and charcoal sketching. He was a muralist, sculptor and painter, who began his artistic career actively and professionally in late 1982.[2] While studying at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Chaddlesone met his wife, Allie.

Career

Chaddlesone had a number of occupations including teacher, workshop director and Administrative Manager for the Kalispel Indian Community of the Kalispel Reservation, Washington. He took up painting and sculpturing full-time after 1982.[1]:100 He is considered one of the more important of Oklahoma's 20th-century artists. His works in watercolor, acrylic, pastel. He also sculpted in stone and bronze.

Chaddlesone was a veteran of the Vietnam War.[3]

He was commissioned to paint a mural in the Kiowa Tribal Complex in Carnegie, Oklahoma, along with artists Mirac Creepingbear and Parker Boyiddle, Jr..[1]:100 The ten-panel mural depicts the history of the Kiowa tribe from its original home in the Yellowstone territory to its establishment in the Great Plains region of the United States.[4]

Death

Chaddlesone died on August 17, 2013 at home in Anadarko, Oklahoma, after a short illness.[5]

Honors and legacy

Chaddlesone's piece Phantom Warriors is the logo for The New Plains Review Publishing Centre at the University of Central Oklahoma, his alma mater. The university also honors Chaddlesone with the Sherman Chaddlesone Arts & Letters Lecture Series, which is held every Indigenous People's Day. Joy Harjo and D.G. Smalling have been among the series' guests speakers.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lester, Patrick D., ed. (1995). The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters (1st ed.). Tulsa, Oklahoma: SIR Publications / University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0806199368.
  2. ↑ Pearson-Little Thunder, Julie (April 21, 2011). "Oral history interview with Sherman & Allie Chaddlesone". Oklahoma Native Artists. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Daffron, Brian. "Kiowa Artist and Warrior Sherman Chaddlesone Walks On". indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com. Indian Country Today Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Kiowa Tribal Museum".
  5. ↑ Sherman Terrance Chaddlesone obituary
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