Biography of richard erdoes
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- Genre/Form
- Color slides
- Photographs
- Scope and Contents
- Collection contains 26 color photographs (10 oversized) and 248 color slides made by Richard Erdoes in Arizona, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Mexico from 1969-1980. He wrote histories, collections of Native American stories and myths, and wrote about such voices of the Native American Renaissance as Leonard and Mary Crow Dog and John Fire Lame Deer.
He married his first wife, fellow artist Elsie Schulhof (d. The people he met and conditions on the reservation had a big impact on Erdoes, encouraging him to become an active supporter of indigenous civil rights. Images depict pottery, landscapes, daily life, sweat lodges, and ceremonies. He wrote and edited multiple books on American Indian life and culture.
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In New York City, Erdoes enjoyed a long career as a commercial artist, and was known for his highly detailed, whimsical drawings. 1995) who was an art director there. Erdoes was fascinated by Native American culture, outraged at the conditions on the reservation and deeply moved by the Civil Rights Movement that was raging at the time.
The identified ceremonies are Cloud Dance, Deer Dance, Ghost Dance, Yuwipi Ceremony, Sun Dance, Corn Dance, Zuni Eagle Dance, and Mattachine Dance. The couple married in 1951 and had three children. He created illustrations for such magazines as Stage, Fortune, Pageant, Gourmet, Harper's Bazaar, Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, Time, National Geographic and Life Magazine, where he met his second wife, Jean Sternbergh (d.
Erdoes, Richard, 1912-2008
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Biography
Richard Erdoes, illustrator, photographer, and author of more than a dozen books about American Indian life, was born in Vienna, Austria, on July 7, 1912. His... The collection primarily documents Erdoes's activities between 1968 and 1999, and is useful for the study of his writing process and research interests, specifically his work with American Indian individuals and communities.
- Processing Information
- Collection is partially processed.
- Arrangement
- Arranged by image number. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian.
- Extent
- 26 Photographic prints
- 248 Slides (photographs)
- Date
- 1969-1980
- Archival Repository
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Identifier
- NMAI.AC.330
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Photographic prints
- Slides (photographs)
- Color slides
- Photographs
- Citation
- Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Richard Erdoes photograph collection, image #, NMAI.AC.330; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
He was involved in a small underground paper where he published anti-Hitler political cartoons which attracted the attention of the Nazi regime. He became a passionate advocate for American Indian civil rights, and an avid documenter of tribal life and spiritual revitalization, particularly among the Lakota.
- Biographical / Historical
- Richard Erdoes (1912-2008) was born in Frankfurt, Germany.