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Allan Houser: An American Master (Chiricahua Apache, 1914-1994) Hardcover – June 1, 2004

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Allan Capron Haozous, who would become known to the world as Allan Houser, was born in 1914 near Fort Sill, Oklahoma, the first child born into the community of Chiricahua Apaches following their release after decades of internment by the United States Government. After completing his basic education at the government Indian Schools, he was forced to return home at an early age to assist in the operation of the family farm. Driven by an inner muse, however, he left home in 1932 at the age of twenty to attend the Painting School at the Santa Fe Indian School. Although immersed in Apache tradition, he was fascinated by art from all over the world, and he resisted the Indian School's attempt to force him to work in what the faculty considered the only proper "Native-American style" of flat forms, bright colors, and "Indian" subject matter. He mastered a number of styles ranging from straightforward representation to pure abstraction, and throughout his career he remained alert to developments in the work of his contemporaries. Until his death in 1994 he continued to evolve, to rethink his approach, and to remaster his art. Today, his work, particularly his sculpture, can be seen in a number of collections both in the United States and abroad.
Allan Houser is the first book to assess the artist's entire career, from his earliest student paintings to the soaring monumental sculpture of his late years. The author, noted art historian W. Jackson Rushing III, shows how the artist developed his unique gifts, not in opposition to, but as a participant in the most important movements of twentieth-century art. Iillustrated with many color photographs taken expressly for this volume and supplemented with photographs from the Houser family archives, the book will offer a comprehensive view of the career of this remarkable artist.
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    256 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Harry N. Abrams
  4. Publication date
    June 1, 2004
  5. Grade level
    8 and up
  6. Reading age
    13 years and up
  7. Dimensions
    10 x 1.25 x 12 inches
  8. ISBN-10
    0810943263
  9. ISBN-13
    978-0810943261
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This lavish monograph—which coincides with the National Museum of the American Indian’s exhibition "Giants of 20th-Century Native American Art: George Morrison and Allan Houser"—features over 250 full-color illustrations and photographs, as well as black and white photographs from the Houser family archive. The book is almost as monumental in scope (and size) as one of Houser’s teeming and graceful figurative sculptures: it’s the first book entirely devoted to the internationally renowned Master Artist in 16 years. University of Houston art historian Rushing begins with Houser, né Allan Capron Haozous, growing up in the aftermath of the U.S. government’s 27 year-long internment of the Apache as prisoners of war, and his 1932 departure from the Fort Sill, Okla. Apache reservation, at age 20, to study painting at the Santa Fe Indian School. Rushing highlights Houser’s conscious aim of absorbing and refracting European modernism with a decidedly critical eye, and gives crucial context to Houser’s figurative painting and sculpture.
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W. Jackson Rushing III is currently professor of art history in the department of Art History at the University of Houston.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harry N. Abrams; First Edition (June 1, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0810943263
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0810943261
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 years and up
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 8 and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.6 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10 x 1.25 x 12 inches
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4.6 out of 5 stars
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Kris Abrahamson
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful photos
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2018
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Beautiful photographs of this Houser's work.
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Michelle G
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Work
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2014
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Bought as a gift for a fan of the artwork and was moved by how beautiful and alive it seems.
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Noe Charbonneau
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2014
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Beautiful book about beautiful art.
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5.0 out of 5 stars W O N D E R F U L
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2013
oklahoma

allan capron houser
6/30/1914-----8/22/1994
chiricahua apache
born in APACHE<OKLAHOMA

left OKLAHOMA in 1934 to study art.

sculptor--painter--book illustrator.

HE IS-
P E R F E C T______ !!!!

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Displaced Oklahoman
5.0 out of 5 stars The Life and Works of a Legend
Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2005
This book is both beautiful and informative. It is richly illustrated with the works of this great painter and sculptor. Moreover, the text recounts Allan Houser's remarkable life, interspersed with a history of the evolution of Native American art. One does not have to be conversant with the art world to benefit from this book. Everyone should be inspired by the story of Allan Houser, the child of parents who were Chiricahua Apaches, held as prisioners of war by the United States for more than twenty years. After leaving the family farm in Oklahoma to pursue his dream of becoming an artist, Allan Houser achieved international acclaim while remaining true to his Apache heritage. You will want to read his story, and you will want to see his works.
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MHo
5.0 out of 5 stars Allan Houser's legasy
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2006
Outstanding documentation of the art forms created by Allan Houser. A reference treasure
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Roland Steiner
2.0 out of 5 stars Schlechter Allgemeinzustand, unsorgfältiger Versand.
Reviewed in Germany on February 22, 2013
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Dieses Buch wurde als neu angeboten, sah aber bei der Lieferung wie antiquarisch aus, mit zerschlagenen Ecken und beschädigtem Einband. Das Werk an sich und sein Inhalt sind sehr schön. Schade!
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