Mary Morez
Mary Morez (January 16, 1946 – September 25, 2004) was a Navajo painter.
Born near Tuba City, Arizona, Morez was stricken with both polio and rheumatic fever as a girl, and underwent numerous operations as a result before being adopted by Lawrence and Mary Keim.[1] She first studied at the Phoenix Indian School[2] before receiving a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona and received a scholarship to study fashion illustration at the Ray Vogue Art School in Chicago. In 1969 she chose to devote her work to full-time painting instead of commercial art.[3] Allan Houser and Oscar Howe served as her mentors early in life.[1] Her work combined traditional Navajo elements with a more contemporary, abstract style.[4] Besides painting Morez also worked as a textile artist.[5] For much of her career she lived in Phoenix, Arizona.[2] Morez is represented in the collection of the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Mary Morez's Obituary on The Arizona Republic". Legacy.com. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Mary Morez – Artist, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records for Mary Morez". Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1135638825.
- ^ Plateau. Northern Arizona Society of Science and Art. 1981.
- ^ Gregory Schaaf; Angie Yan Schaaf (2001). American Indian Textiles: 2,000 Artist Biographies, C. 1800–present : with Value/price Guide Featuring Over 20 Years of Auction Records. CIAC Press. ISBN 978-0966694840.
- ^ Patricia Janis Broder (2013). Earth Songs, Moon Dreams: Paintings by American Indian Women. St. Martin's Press. pp. 384–. ISBN 978-1466859722.
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