فنان عالمي : هارت ميريام شولتز

ان هارت ميريام شولتز ، المعروف أيضًا باسمه بلاك فوت ، لون وولف ، فنانًا هنديًا في القرن العشرين. تم إنجاز معظم أعماله في أريزونا أو مونتانا ، بعد أن أكمل دراسته الفنية في لوس أنجلوس وشيكاغو. ويكيبيديا (إنجليزية)

ولد في  18 فبراير 1882

وتوفي  9 فبراير 1970،في تكسون اريزونا في الولايات المتحدة  

Hart Merriam Schultz

Arizona Origins

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Original, never before seen photo of Hart Merriam Schultz (Lone Wolf) captured in Tucson, Arizona.

"Hart Merriam Schultz, also known by his Blackfoot name, Lone Wolf (Nitoh Mahkwii or Ni-tah-mah-kwi-i), was an Indian artist of the twentieth century. Most of his work was done in either Arizona or Montana, after he completed his artistic studies in Los Angeles and Chicago. He would spend his summers in a tipi studio in Montana, and his winters in Arizona, either in Tucson, or at the studio his father created for him at Butterfly Lodge, near Eagar.

Lone Wolf was the only son of noted explorer, author, and guide, James Willard Schultz, and his Blackfoot wife, Natahki (meaning "Fine Shield Woman") near Birch Creek on the Blackfoot Reservation in Montana on February 18, 1882. His mother was a survivor of the Baker massacre in 1870. He was born while his father was away on a trading trip to Carroll, Montana, and while it was the prerogative of the father to name a child in the Blackfoot culture, his mother's uncle, Red Eagle, named him Nitoh Mahkwii in the father's absence. However, upon his return the elder Schultz renamed the child Hart Merriam, after his good friend, Clinton Hart Merriam.

Lone Wolf grew up preferring his Indian name, continuing to use it throughout his life. His early years were spent on his parents' ranch in Montana on the Two Medicine River. With his father's frequent absences as a guide through Glacier National Park, it fell to Lone Wolf and his uncle, Last Rider, to run the family ranch.

His maternal grandfather, Yellow Wolf, taught him the rudiments of how to use natural colors and how to draw animals and people. And he sold his first work to a clerk who worked at Kipp's Trading Post in nearby Browning. He disliked the schools he was sent to, first at nearby Fort Shaw, then at a Catholic school. When he and a classmate beat up a priest who was attempting to enforce corporal punishment on Lone Wolf, he was expelled, and returned home to the ranch, after which his parents decided to temporarily forgo a formal education. While living on his parents' ranch he learned the skills necessary to work as a cowboy and ranch hand. With his mother's death in 1903 he left the ranch and traveled south, finally ending up near the Grand Canyon, where he worked as a cowboy, wrangler, and guide, as well as continuing to practice his art. While at the Canyon, he met Thomas Moran, who encouraged the young man to pursue his art. In 1909 he went to Los Angeles, where he began working in the fledgling film industry, appearing in the one-reelers of James Young Deer. Young Deer was the first American Indian filmmaker and producer in Hollywood, making films for Pathe Films.

While in Los Angeles, he was reunited with his father, who had remarried in 1907. He lived with his father and step-mother while in Los Angeles. After his brief stint in film, due to the influence of Thomas Moran, he studied art at the Los Angeles Artist Student League. Following that, he continued his art studies in Chicago at the Chicago Art Institute in 1914–15. After leaving Chicago, he returned to Montana, where he worked on the Galbaith Ranch. While there, In 1916, he met the daughter of the ranch's foreman, Naoma Tracy (also known as Naomi). He courted her for a single day before taking her by horseback to Cut Bank, where they were married by a justice of the peace. The two remained married until his death in 1970."

Courtesy: Wikipedia