Michael Gentry Art Card THE SPIRITUALIST'S BLESSING Crow Indian Medicine Man

Description

Michael Gentry
(1940 to 1994), is best remembered for his rich paintings of the Native American of the middle 1800's. Half Cherokee himself, it
was the Native American that captured his interest most powerfully, leading him to actually live on four reservations at different times during his
painting career: the San Carlos Apache Reservation, the Crow Indian Reservation, the Tulalip Indian Reservation and the Blackfoot Indian Reservation.
Mr. Gentry possessed a profound affection and undying fascination for each of the people and animals he portrayed. After a quarter of a century
of
painting, he was firmly dedicated to depicting to the world the beauty and character of each subject in unerring detail.
Mr. Gentry studied at
U.C.L.A.,
Laguna Beach School of Art, California, and had studied Animal Anatomy bone structure muscle tone and character traits of each animal.
Mr. Gentry's
studies carried him to Kenya, Tanzania and the Congo in Africa; to South America, Alaska, Mexico and most portions of the U.S. in search
of firsthand
reference and research regarding, not only the subjects he depicted, but also the terrain and homes in which the person or animal lived
and died.
He
had sketched and photographed literally thousands of subjects before applying oil to canvas.
Mr. Gentry's acceptance by the Blackfoot of Browning, Montana, was such that in 1988 the
tribes vice chairman invited him to be the official sketch
artist for a four day powwow that would recreate tribal life in the 1950's. A 12 hour sacred
Pipe Society ceremony was included in the powwow, something to which the white man was rarely, if ever, invited.
Though he was half Cherokee,
the Blackfoot still considered him to be a white man, so this invitation was particularly impressive.
"The Spiritualist's Blessing" is the depiction of a Crow Indian doctor chanting and praying for the successful birth of a healthy child born of the daughter of the chief.
This is an advertising art card on heavy stock paper.  The printing method is offset lithograph.  The inside has Michael Gentry's biography and the story of "The Spiritualist's Blessing".
No envelope.
Measurement 6 5/8 w x 5 3/4" t
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