Jerome Tiger

He was one of a kind and considered by many to be America’s greatest Indian Artist. Tiger's contributions to art include a totally new and unique style. Tiger was a full blood Creek-Seminole who grew up in Oklahoma that still included old customs and a tribal way of life. He painted what he knew and lived. His Indian people laughing, playing, cooking, and attending the stomp dance.
He received the acclaim of critics, won awards, and was a success in his own lifetime. He died tragically in 1967 at the age of twenty-six from a firearms accident. Because of what he accomplished in only six short years, his art has come to be regarded as an almost inexplicable phenomenon.

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