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Post by grahamew on Oct 16, 2011 14:19:43 GMT -5
Here are some more photographic sources for Hauser paintings: Quick Bear, Sicangu Lakota, photographed by Anderson. This is the source of the 1906 Hauser painting, Chief Quick Bear, although a bonnet has been added; it's also the source of yet another Hauser portrait entitled Iron Tail, dated 1903. Hauser's Colorow, Navajo Chief, is taken from this photo of the Ute leader, Colorow. This image of the Lakota Kicking Bear is the basis of Hauser's 1902 painting: Indian Portrait aka Chief Long Hair, although he's added a hat and a blanket. Rinehart's White Buffalo, Arapaho, is the source of an undated and unamed Hauser portrait, but the artist has added two feathers and a fringed shirt. An undated painting of Red Cloud has been faithfully copied from Rinehart's 1898 photo. Hauser's undated Portrait of an Indian with feather and medallion is based on Huffman's 1880 picture of High Bear - the medallion being the shell disc on High Bear's choker. Huffman's photo of Scorched Lightning, is the basis of the undated Hauser painting of that name. Hauser's Chief Big Elk, 1903, is from Anderson's 1900 photograph of the Lakota Fool Bull.
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Post by grahamew on Oct 29, 2011 10:17:10 GMT -5
Sioux Chief (1908) "The work is in good condition. The work recently was restored and cleaned. Restoration repaired craquelure and removed surface dirt throughout. verso; handwritten in pencil; 'Chief [indecipherable] Sioux [sic]." www.liveauctioneers.com/item/10193018In the pdf file the authors of the Hauser Project catalogue raisonné have kindly sent me, this work, or something extraordinarily similar, is listed as Chief Plenty Horses and dated 1896. The sitter does have the somewhat pursed lips look of Plenty Horses. His shield, blanket and cuff are similar to those seen in the previously posted painting of Plenty Horses and the shield is similar to that carried by Bald Face, who is clearly the same sitter as the man in the 1905 painting. Chief Bald Face, Sioux; undated. Chief Plenty Horses, Ogalalla(sic) Sioux; 1905.
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Post by grahamew on Nov 13, 2011 10:43:33 GMT -5
Rinehart's 1898 portrait of th Lakota Standing Bear - possibly the basis for Hauser's Chief Buffalo Horn, Sioux, 1911
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Post by grahamew on Nov 13, 2011 11:07:20 GMT -5
Here's an interesting one... I mentioned somewhere near the beginning of this thread Hauser being friends with Joseph Henry Sharp and William Henry Farny and how some of their paintings share compositional ideas and poses, so here's Farny's The Mountain Trail, 1906: and Hauser's A Rocky Trail (n.d.): Even a cursory glance allows you to see similarities in the rock formations.
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Post by grahamew on Nov 23, 2011 15:34:16 GMT -5
I received an email from the authors of the hauser Project:
Dear Friends and John Hauser aficionados,
We have some good news to share with you.
First, our book manuscript is in the hands of our publisher. It is scheduled to appear officially under the title: Straight White Shield A Life and Work of John Hauser (1859-1913) with a Catalogue Raisonné by Edward Paxton Harris and Jerry Glenn including a preface by Phyllis Weston and an essay by Richard Luschek xiv + 308 pages
In addition to being the first biography of this forgotten artist, the book also offers a survey of his reception within the art world and a full scholarly apparatus, including a sourcebook of the complete newspaper citations, a page of sample signatures to help authenticate and date his work, a section on the studio where he worked with a full set of photographs, an annotated bibliography and such extras as family trees. It is also, of course, richly illustrated with countless previously unpublished works.
Straight White Shield will appear Friday, February 3rd, in conjunction with a special exhibition of John Hauser’s work at Cincinnati Art Galleries, 226 East 6th Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. Thereafter, it will be available at most Cincinnati book store’s and art galleries and through direct order from the publisher (ordering details will follow). We are in the process of selecting works for inclusion in the exhibition, which will be the largest and most comprehensive public exhibition of the artist’s work.
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Post by grahamew on Nov 27, 2011 4:27:26 GMT -5
A few instances of Hauser reusing poses: His Best Friend Looking at the Past (1902) Sioux Hunter The Hunter (1908) Note the position of the horses in the following: Untitled winter hunting scene (n.d.) Got Him Sure (1910)
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Post by grahamew on Dec 3, 2011 11:34:06 GMT -5
We've alreday seen how the lone figure with a rifle was a popular pose for Hauser, but so was the man standing with horse composition: Comrades of the Plains, 1903 The rather similar Indian and Horse Oklahoma "Buck" Red Shirt, 1906 Preparing for the Daily Ride, 1905 Apache Runner, 1893 The Enemies' Country, 1908 Watcher of the Herd, 1900 Indian Encampment, 1907 Looking at the Past, 1902 Bedoin of the American Desert Jose Montoya Zuni Scout,Ft.Wingate New Mexico, 1903 Perhaps it's also worth noting that Hauser's friend Farny seemed to like this type of composition too: Indian Scout Big Game in Sight, 1902 Iron Horse, 1899 Three Bears Indian Brave, 1891 Chief Spotted Tail On the Alert, 1895
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Post by grahamew on Dec 4, 2011 12:00:11 GMT -5
The Lookout (190?) This is clearly the Oglala, Blue Horse: 1900 E. A. Burbank's painting of Blue Horse, 1898 Hauser's Blue Horse, 1905
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Post by grahamew on Dec 11, 2011 10:33:40 GMT -5
Henry Farny - Indian Encampment Ballpark similarities with some of Hauser's village scenes (and note the artits's use of the pose from The Look Out, posted above): Sioux Encampment, Porcupine Sioux camp (chromolithograph), 1905 Hauser wasn't the only artist of the peiod influenced by Farny. Here's Farny's Fort Totten Trail: Here's Dwight Huntington's Fort Totten: I don't have a date for either of these, so it's feasible the influence was the other way around, but I suspect not. Huntington, better known as a wildlife artists, was yet another native of Cincinnati
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Post by thomasdonnelly on Dec 27, 2011 15:40:30 GMT -5
Big Game in Sight, 1902 by Farny I have about 4 of these prints in that exact frame. any idea what these would be worth?
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Post by grahamew on Dec 29, 2011 14:36:38 GMT -5
Sorry. Can't help you there. Here's another (untitled and undated) variation on the pose in Looking at the Past and His Best Friend - from a different angle this time:
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Post by grahamew on Jan 16, 2012 14:29:19 GMT -5
A couple of paintings where hauser uses the same pose: Plains Indian with Rifle, 1909 At Long Range, Pine Ridge Reservation, South dakota, 1908
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Post by grahamew on Feb 7, 2012 15:33:07 GMT -5
Another source for Hauser... Frederic Remington's Utes Waiting for the Relief Column John Hauser's War Party: Hauser's Indians on the Trail: Remington's Recent Uprising Among the Bannock Indians: Hauser's The Hunting Camp, 1909: And note the men in the background of Sioux Encampment, Porcupine:
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Post by grahamew on Feb 14, 2012 3:38:05 GMT -5
Hauser's Chief American Horse, Orator, 1902: The source photo:
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Post by grahamew on Mar 2, 2012 14:28:10 GMT -5
Hauser's Rush to the Omaha Dance, 1906 ... bears certain similarities to Hauser's The Retreat of Little Wound, 1905 ... but the source material is clearly Frederic Remington's Sioux Indians Charging Sun Pole (engraving by J. W. Evans), which appeared in Century Magazine, 1890.
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