Sherman Chaddlesone
{{short description|American painter}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1947|06|02}}
| birth_place = Lawton, OK
| death_date = {{death_date and age|2013|08|17|1947|06|02}}
| death_place = Anadarko, OK
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| nationality = Kiowa Tribe
| education = Institute of American Indian Arts, Central State University
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| known_for = muralist, sculptor, and painter
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Sherman Terrance Chaddlesone (2 June 1947 – 17 August 2013) was a Kiowa Indian painter from Anadarko, Oklahoma, who played a pivotal role in late 20th century Native American art.
Background
Chaddlesone was born in Lawton, Oklahoma, son of John Wesley and Alice Toppah (Yellowhair) Chaddlesone. He grew up in the Wichita Mountains area, around Saddle Mountain, Oklahoma. He was a direct descendant of the great Kiowa war chief Satanta, also known as White Bear.
Education
Chaddlesone attended Eisenhower High School in Lawton, Oklahoma and the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico. While at the institute, Chaddlesone took classes with notable figures such as Allan Houser and Fritz Scholder. He also attended Central State University (now University of Central Oklahoma) in Edmond, Oklahoma, where he undertook post-graduate work.{{cite journal|last1=Pearson-Little Thunder|first1=Julie|date=April 21, 2011|title=Oral history interview with Sherman & Allie Chaddlesone|url=https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/ona/id/216/rec/1|journal=Oklahoma Native Artists|access-date=22 July 2020}} While studying at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Chaddlesone met his wife, Allie.
Military service
Chaddlesone was a veteran of the Vietnam War.{{cite web|last1=Daffron|first1=Brian|title=Kiowa Artist and Warrior Sherman Chaddlesone Walks On|url=http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/08/22/kiowa-artist-and-warrior-sherman-chaddlesone-walks-150980|website=indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com|publisher=Indian Country Today Media Network, LLC|access-date=10 April 2015}}
Career
Chaddlesone had a number of occupations before taking up painting and sculpturing full-time after 1982.{{cite encyclopedia |editor-last = Lester
|editor-first = Patrick D.
|title = The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters
|publisher = SIR Publications / University of Oklahoma Press
|location = Tulsa, Oklahoma
|isbn = 978-0806199368
|edition = 1st
|year = 1995
|url-access = registration
|url = https://archive.org/details/biographicaldire0000lest
}}{{rp|100}} He worked in watercolor, acrylics, oils, and pastels. He also sculpted in stone and bronze.
He was commissioned to paint a mural in the Kiowa Tribal Complex in Carnegie, Oklahoma.{{rp|100}}{{cite web
| url = http://www.lasr.net/travel/city.php?OK+carnegie+kiowa-tribal-museum&TravelTo=OK0202005&VA=Y&AttractionCategory=&Attraction_ID=OK0202005a002
| title = Kiowa Tribal Museum
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Chaddlesone exhibited his artwork nationally and internationally. He and his wife Allie exhibited their work at the Center of the American Indian.{{cite news |last1=Condit |first1=Nancy P. |title=Indian Tribes to Honor Heritage at Annual Expo |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/article/2156256/indian-tribes-to-honor-heritage-at-annual-expo |access-date=23 April 2021 |work=The Oklahoman |date=10 August 1986}}
Death
Chaddlesone died on August 17, 2013, at home in Anadarko, Oklahoma, after a short illness.[http://www.steversonfuneralhome.com/obits/obituary.php?id=339037 Sherman Terrance Chaddlesone obituary]
Honors and legacy
Chaddlesone's piece Phantom Warriors is the logo for The New Plains Review Publishing Centre at the University of Central Oklahoma, his alma mater. The university also honors Chaddlesone with the Sherman Chaddlesone Arts & Letters Lecture Series, which is held every Indigenous People's Day. Joy Harjo and D.G. Smalling have been among the series' guests speakers.
Notes
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External links
- [http://www.library.okstate.edu/oralhistory/ona/ Oklahoma Native Artists Oral History Project -- OSU Library]
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Category:Painters from Oklahoma
Category:20th-century American painters
Category:American male painters
Category:People from Lawton, Oklahoma
Category:People from Anadarko, Oklahoma
Category:Institute of American Indian Arts alumni