Artist

N. Scott Momaday

born Lawton, OK 1934
Also known as
  • Navarre Scott Momaday
Born
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States
Biography

A Kiowa Indian, Momaday has explored Native American culture in his writings (fiction and non-fiction) and art. His first novel, House of Dawn won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1969. Subsequently, he has illustrated his own and others' books, and exhibited widely, including a 20-year retrospective at the Wheelright Museum in Santa Fe (1992–1993).

National Museum of American Art (CD-ROM) (New York and Washington D.C.: MacMillan Digital in cooperation with the National Museum of American Art, 1996)

Works by this artist (18 items)

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Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, Jean François Favré, Napoleon Bonaparte, ca. 1850, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry Du Pré Bounetheau, 1946.3.20
Napoleon Bonaparte
Artist
Dateca. 1850
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, William Wood, Mrs. John Middleton (Mary Burroughs), ca. 1840, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry Du Pré Bounetheau, 1946.3.4
Mrs. John Middleton (Mary Burroughs)
Artist
Dateca. 1840
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, Peter Bounetheau, ca. 1820, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry Du Pré Bounetheau, 1946.3.2
Peter Bounetheau
Artist
Dateca. 1820
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, Henry Du Pré Bounetheau, ca. 1849, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry Du Pré Bounetheau, 1946.3.7
Henry Du Pré Bounetheau
Artist
Dateca. 1849
watercolor on ivory
Not on view