Research Catalog

Title

Rance Hood : mystic painter / James J. Hester and Rance Hood ; foreword by John R. Rohner ; introduction by Joan Frederick.

Author

Hester, James J.

Publication

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

Hood, Rance.

Description

xxiv, 176 pages : illustrations (some color), map; 29 cm

Summary

Rance Hood was born in southern Oklahoma to a Comanche mother and white father. Most of his early youth was spent with his Comanche grandparents who taught him in the traditional ways, including their native language. When he was finally forced to attend elementary school, he was unable to speak English. This biography focuses on Hood's art and its place within Native American art, history, and culture. Ceremonial items such as the peyote fan and buffalo skulls are common elements of Hood's compositions. These reflect the early teachings from his Comanche elders and the Oklahoma landscape in which he lived. "As a person, Rance is not just a famous painter, he is a generous human being and shrewd businessman. He enjoys being anonymous by telling people on the street who ask what he does for a living, 'I'm a painter, ' and then lets them ask him what he charges to paint a house. "The eagle feathers he inherited from his grandfather were given to the right person, someone who knew how to use them, respect them, and help others in need. He is one of the last of those who speak their original tribal language and know so many of the traditional ways of their ancestors. It is rare to see these old ways anymore, although Rance has been blessed in those coordinates that stop time and transcend centuries of life on this continent."--The Introduction by Joan Frederick This beautifully illustrated biography of painter Rance Hood focuses on his art and its place within Native American art, history, and culture.

Subjects

• Comanche Indians > Biography > Catalogs
• Indian painters > United States > Biography > Catalogs
• Hood, Rance

Genre/Form

• catalogs (documents)
• Catalogs.
• Catalogues.

Note

• Includes catalog (p. 133-157).

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-176).

Contents

Ch. 1. The beginning -- Ch. 2. Native American painting in Oklahoma -- Ch. 3. Warriors on horseback -- Ch. 4. The peyote road -- Ch. 5. Hood's individual style -- Ch. 6. I am Comanche -- Ch. 7. In the eye of the beholder -- Color plates -- Catalog of selected works -- App. I. Career resume -- App. II. Time line of Native American painters in Oklahoma.

ISBN

• 9780826335753
• 0826335756

LCCN

2006017804

OCLC

• ocm69792049
• 69792049
• SCSB-1420066

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library