T.C. Cannon
(Kiowa, Caddo, Santa Fe, Oklahoma, 1946-1978)
Collector No. 5, c. 1977
Subject: Kiowa, Caddo, Native American, New Mexico
Woodcut, Ed. 66/200
25.25 x 20 in.
Framed: Not Framed but mounted on a backing board of 28.25 x 24 in.

T.C. Cannon (1946-1978) Kiowa / Caddo.

Cannon's Kiowa name, Pai-doung-a-day, means "One Who Stands in the Sun."

T.C. Cannon was born in 1946 in Lawton, Oklahoma. He attended public schools in Gracemont, Oklahoma from 1955-64. He then had two years at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. While there, he worked with Fritz Scholder and learned much from him. After one year at the San Francisco Art Institute, he returned to Santa Fe to attend college, studying painting and philosophy during 1969-70.

In 1971, Cannon enrolled at the Central State University in Edmond, Oklahoma, where he graduated three years later. Painting and Graphics by TC Cannon was the first major exhibit for Cannon and is shown at the Southern Plains Indian Museum, arts and crafts center in Anadarko, Oklahoma. In 1972, the Smithsonian Institute honored Cannon and Fritz Scholder with a two man show at the National Collection of Fine Arts in Washington D.C.. This established the artist of the national arena. In 1974 Cannon made his permanent home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In 1975 Cannon became part of the famous artist -in-residence at Dartmouth College. During this year, he began a plan to collaborate with Japanese master woodcutter Maeda and master printer Uchikawa. This relationship, which continued until the time of his death, resulted in a publication of what is known as the Memorial Woodcut Suite. T.C. Cannon died in an automobile accident southeast of Santa Fe on May 8, 1978.

T. C. Cannon is regarded as the most eloquent and innovative of the Native American Artist, who helped change the direction of the traditional Indian art to the “New Wave” movement that characterizes that Genre today.

Very good.

28.25 x 24 x 0.5 in

1 lb