Robert Draper
Artist: Robert Draper
Date: 1938-2000
Medium: Pastel on Paper
Dimensions: 10.25” x 7”
Artist’s Country of Birth: Diné/ Navajo nation
Collecting Area: Practicing Artist
Accession Number: 1991
Visual Description:
Notes from Ray: Ray’s title- Robert Draper signed in lower right pastel on paper. Robert D. Draper (born as Robert Martin;[1] 1938–2000) was a Navajo (Diné) and Hopi/Laguna contemporary artist, known for his watercolor paintings.[2][3] He often painted realistic landscapes of the Navajo () Reservation and Canyon de Chelly.[4][5] Robert D. Draper was born November 20, 1938 in Canyon del Muerto in Chinle, Arizona.[1][4] Chinle is located on the rim of the Canyon de Chelly National Monument. HIs mother Janet Descheeny was Navajo, and his father Frank Martin was Navajo, Hopi and Laguna.[1] Draper’s early education was on the Navajo (Diné) Reservation.[1] He was raised by his grandparents and changed his name to Robert Draper at age 8, while attending the Chinle Boarding School (now known as Many Farms Community School) from 1947 to 1951. He also attended the Intermountain Indian School from 1951 to 1956, and the Institute of American Indian Arts.[6] He studied art under George Fox.[7] Draper served in the United States Marine Corps. He later worked as an art instructor at the Chinle Boarding School.[4] Draper’s artwork rejected the flatsyle painting typically associated with traditional Navajo painting during this time period, and instead he used perspective and shadow in his works.[1] His art is in the public museum collection at the National Museum of the American Indian.[8][9]
Est Current Value: $250
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