Pop Wea
| Pop Wea | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| 19661966 | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Taos Pueblo |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Pottery and painting |
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Pop Wea, also known as Lori Tanner, Lorie Tanner, Lo Ree Tanner, Lo Rie Tanner, Loree Tanner[1] and Lo Rei Tanner[2] (died 1966), was a Native American artist associated with the Taos Pueblo.[3] She was a painter and potter. Pop Wea is listed in the Biographical Directory of Native American Painters, and in American Indian Painters: a Biographical Directory.[1]
Work
Pop Wea's work titled Taos Warrior Dance (casein on board) is on display at the Arizona State Museum at the University of Arizona.[4] Her work has been described as dramatic and non-traditional, for example her work Buffalo in snow.[5] Her paintings were somtimes executed in a "three dimensional style."[6] In 1965, her work Eagle Dance received first prize in painting in the Scottsdale Indian Art Exhibition; it was described in a review as having "startling calligraphy on a black ground."[7]
Pop Wea's work was exhibited in 1962 at the Museum of Northern Arizona,[8] and at the Heard Museum in 1967.[9]
Pop Wea has been described as a "promising artist who died young."[9] Pop Wea's reputation as an artist was established in 1963 following an exhibition in Gallup, New Mexico; she unexpectedly died three years later.[2]
Collections
Pop Wea's work is in the James T. Bialac Collection of Southwest Paintings at the Arizona State Museum.[6] Her work is included in several private collections.[10][11]
Personal life
Pop Wea was related to another Taos Pueblo artist, Pop Chalee.[12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Native American Artist Resource Collection: Lorie Tanner". Heard Museum. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cesa, Margaret (1997). The World of Flower Blue: Pop Chalee: an Artistic Biography. University of Michigan Press/Red Crane Books. pp. 117, 145–147. ISBN 9781878610652. Retrieved 2 April 2021. Search this book on
- ↑ Clark, Virginia (16 July 2012). "Taos Arts - Celebrating 100 Years of Beauty and Statehood". The Taos News. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ↑ "Taos Warrior Dance". The Avery Collection. Arizona State Museum at the University of Arizona. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
- ↑ Tanner, Clara Lee (1973). Southwest Indian Painting: A Changing Art. University of Arizona Press. pp. 205–206. Search this book on
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Tanner, Clara Lee (1968). The James T. Bialac Collection of Southwest Indian Paintings. Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona. Retrieved 2 April 2021. Search this book on
- ↑ Bucklew, Joan (28 February 1965). "New and Old World Ties in Exhibit: Indian Art has 16 Classes". Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ↑ "Navajo Craftsmen to Display Work at Flagstaff". Arizona Daily Star. 22 July 1962. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Bucklew, Joan (19 March 1967). "Amerindian Show Like a Vast Mural". Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ↑ Wilson, Maggie (30 August 1970). "Mrs. Jackman thinks Indian". Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ↑ Wilson, Maggie (16 March 1973). "Art show draws all kinds". Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ↑ The Cox Brothers (2011). Deadly Mistakes: Real Obituaries Gone Amusingly Wrong. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-4520-0040-4. Search this book on
Further reading
- Nickens, P; Nickens, K. Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-0-7385-4836-4 Search this book on .
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