Young Taos Boy

R.C. Gorman

Young Taos Boy, Drawings by R.C. Gorman
  • Gorman drawing
  • Navajo drawing
Savvy Price $7,000.00
Gallery Price $8,000.00
Title
Young Taos Boy
Artist
R.C. Gorman
Medium
Oil pastel on paper
Sight size
22 1/2" height X 28 1/2" width
Frame
Two PH balanced window mat boards, non-glare glass, wood molding
Frame size
33" height X 39" width
Signed
"RC Gorman 1978" at viewer's lower left
Date of creation
1978
Condition
Excellent, as appeared framed, glazed
Provenance
Ka Li
About The Young Taos Boy
About R.C. Gorman

Rudolph C. Gorman was born in 1931 on the Navajo Nation at Chinle, Arizona. As a boy, his life was very traditional, herding sheep with his maternal grandmother. He attended school on the reservation through high school. He attended Arizona State College (now Northern Arizona University). He took a break from his schooling to enlist in the U.S. Navy for four years.

Returning to NAU in 1955, he studied art and literature. Gorman studied at Mexico City College for a year on a Navajo tribal scholarship. While in Mexico, he discovered the renowned artists Zuniga, Orozco, Rivera, and Siqueiros, whose work had a profound impact on him. Zuniga’s manner of handling the female figure was a great influence on Gorman.

R. C. and his father, noted artist and Navajo code-talker, Carl Nelson Gorman held a two-artist exhibit at the Philbrook Art Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1964 and at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona in 1965. Since then, R.C. traveled, and his work had been exhibited, all over the world. In 1968, Gorman acquired the Manchester Gallery in Taos, New Mexico and renamed it the Navajo Gallery.

A very prolific artist, R.C. Gorman has been called "Picasso of Indian artists". Best known for his sensitive and beautiful depictions of Navajo women, he passed away in 2005.

Other Works By R.C. Gorman:
  • Self Portrait State 2, Prints by R.C. Gorman
  • Women in Blue, Drawings by R.C. Gorman
  • Woman Kneeling, Drawings by R.C. Gorman
Cultures

American Indian, Navajo

Medium

Drawings

Subject

American Indians

Keywords

RC Gorman, Gorman drawing, Navajo drawing