Vintage \"George M. Cochran\" Native American Umpqua Indian drawing charcoal RARE
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Vintage \"George M. Cochran\" Native American Umpqua Indian drawing charcoal RARE:
$350.00
Up for your consideration is a rare charcoal etching by George Cochran (1908 - 1990). This artist, George McKee Cochran was active/lived in Oregon, Oklahoma. He was well known as a Painter, cartoonist, illustrator, writer. As an outstanding Indian artists in the United States, he is full-blooded Cherokee, born in the state of Oklahoma, and a descendant of Sequoya, creator of the Cherokee alphabet.
It measures about 12 3/4\" by 9 3/4\" in a cardboard back measuring 15 1/2\" by 12 1/4\". It is in good condition with vivid artistic impressions and signed on the lower right side. I offer free shipping in the USA.
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George began his art career by only creating charcoal artwork as he wanted to paint in black and white. He helped raise awareness to discrimination of the American Indians and fought to eradicate it. Below is an newspaper article which explains and personifies his decent life.
Posted: Saturday, January 6, 1990 12:00 amby VICTORIA NININGER
TAHLEQUAH,OK In his 81 years, George McKee Cochran was a jockey, a barber and a shipyard worker, but he will be best remembered as an Indian artist who earned international acclaim. Cochran died Dec. 30. Services were to be today in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Hart Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Cochran told an interviewer four years ago that, while he always was interested in art, his plans during his Adair County boyhood did not include becoming an Indian artist, mainly because he didn\'t know he was an Indian. \"A white boy called me an Indian once and I asked my mother if I really was an Indian,\" Cochran said. \"She said no, I\'m not an Indian. I\'m a Cherokee.\" The Stilwell native was reared among Cherokee farmers and spoke no English until his father, Oscar Cochran, a professional gambler and rancher, moved his family from the ancestral home in the Cookson Hills. Cochran remembered drawing a circle in the sand beside a stream that \"moving-away year\" when he was 9. \"I sworeI would come back to that circle some time. He did but only after years spent in Oklahoma oil boom towns and wartime Washington state shipyards. He also attended Indian schools and was trained as a barber. His father owned gambling houses in those oil boom townsand raised and sold race horses. Cochran himself became a jockey when he was a wiry teenager. He rode in races in Oklahoma and nearby states for aboutfive years until \"three horses fell on me and I decided there was a better way to make a living.\" In the Depression years, he lived in Hominy where he wasthe owner or financial backer of a pawnshop, jewelry store, shoeshine shop and restaurant. When World War II began, he became a welder in Washingtonstate shipyards. Then he worked as a barber in Oregon until retiring in 1970. It was in Washington that he said he found, for the firsttime in his life, racism. He said no Indians were allowed in bars there, but he went in them anyway. He saw a sign that said \"No drunks, dogsor Indians allowed,\" and swore he would see it torn down. He complained to the Washington governor about prejudicial laws and his complaint eventually resulted in changing lawsthat singled out Indians. Through all his wanderings, art remained a constant avocation, but Cochran didn\'t become a professional painter until hewas 37. He began selling sketches of lumberjacks and sawmills. The first work to win him fame were his charcoal drawings. He explained that he chose black and white because of a dream in which he was led by an Indian and told to \"paint
as the night.\" For 25 years, he used nothing but carbon, winning prizes across the nation. Then he had another dream in which thesame Indian showed him a New Mexico sunset and said \"now do color.\" In later years, he added paintings of horses to the Indianportraits that made him famous. After his retirement, he devoted full time to his painting. He also was a cartoonist and wrote and lectured about art. He wrote and illustrated several books, including \"Portraits of the Pacific Northwest\" which still is in print. He also wrote his autobiography, \"Man Alone.\" He said his works have been seen in the homes of presidents, international art expositions, saloons and motels. He received several awards, including one from the SmithsonianInstitution, the Statue of Victory from Italy and several Eagle Feather Awards. Survivors include his wife, Paula D. Skelton Cochran; six
daughters, Joan Dow of Medford, Ore., Betty Lancaster of Eugene, Ore., Sue Cochran of Anchorage, Alaska, and Janna, Cecilia and Galela Cochran, all of Tahlequah; seven sons,Louis, Joseph and Anthony Cochran, all of Tahlequah, William, James and Oscar Cochran, all of Eugene, and Tom Cochran of Gold Beach, Ore.; 16 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildrenand two great-great-grandchild.
This artist, George McKee Cochran was active/lived in Oregon, Oklahoma. He was well known as a Painter, cartoonist, illustrator, writer. As an outstanding Indian artists in the United States, he is full-blooded Cherokee, born in the state of Oklahoma, and a descendant of Sequoya, creator of the Cherokee alphabet.
It measures about 12 3/4\" by 9 3/4\" in a cardboard back measuring 15 1/2\" by 12 1/4\". It is in good condition with vivid artistic impressions and signed on the lower right side. I offer free shipping in the USA.
Please review the pictures and email with any questions. When you have a moment, check out my other items up for sale this week. Thanks and God Bless you .
Vintage \"George M. Cochran\" Native American Umpqua Indian drawing charcoal RARE:
$350.00