CHIEF FLYING EAGLE - WAR DANCE - VINTAGE CHEYENNE PRINT / ART - PAUL J. GOODBEAR

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CHIEF FLYING EAGLE
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SILK SCREEN PRINT IN FRAME
This auction consists of a pre-owned and beautiful - Vintage Silk Screen Print of Chief Flying Eagle.  This is a famous painting exhibited in different museums.  This one says on the reverse. The Bent Museum & Gallery - Taos Plaza July 4, 1970. Charles Bent First Governor of New Mexico Under U.S. Military Rule. Bottom Corner of back of print is signed Chief Flying Eagle .50. The front of the print is also signed Chief Flying Eagle.
Some information on Chief Flying Eagle.
Paul J. Goodbear (1913-1954) Chief Flying Eagle
Paul J. Goodbear (1913-1954) Chief Flying Eagle
,
Cheyenne
.  Served in the U.S. Army, WWII. Paul has had other occupation such as a dancer, singer, teacher, professional boxer, and even a department store clerk. At one time he worked for the School of American Research and the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe.
"Goodbear spent his childhood in Oklahoma where he attended public elementary and high schools. Many of his illustrations and paintings have been reproduced in school books." Snodgrass 1968
His paintings were described by J.J. Brody in 1971 as having "overtones of Futurism and a refinement of the Kiowa style."
Chicago, Illinois. He had studied art at the University of New Mexico and in Chicago. A
Cheyenne
, he became an educator interested in all tribes.  He restored prehistoric murals at Coronado State Park Museum near Bernalillo, New Mexico, just north of Albuquerque.   His WPA supervisor in Bernalillo, Roland Dickey, remembers him: "He was an Indian boy who was also going to the university, a painter, Paul Goodbear, a Cheyenne whose Indian name was Chief Flying Eagle, a very talented boy and very astute in terms of . . . taking an opportunity."  He was the grandson of
Chief Turkey Legs
, a Cheyenne who was in the battle of the Big Horn. He was wounded twice in WWII at the Battle of Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge. He also was the creator of a comic strip entitled "Chief Ugh."
Indian
Condition notes are as follows:  Please use the pictures to better understand quality of the individual piece. More pictures are available upon request and questions are always welcome.  We feel the pictures are the best means of helping convey this items conditions. The print is framed the matting looks like it has some age related toning. Back has information written about the Bent Museum in New Mexico.
Approximate dimensions are as follows:
6
" x 8
" with matting and in Frame is 10
1/2"
x 13"
Please take a look at the provided photographs, for a better perspective of the description.
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