Global InformationEmerson Abeita information
Emerson Abeita | |
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| Born | May 19, 1957[1][2][3] Crownpoint, New Mexico, U.S.[4] |
| Died | February 3, 2017 (aged 59) Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.[5][3] |
| Burial place | Crownpoint Community Cemetery, Crownpoint, New Mexico, U.S.[5] |
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| Known for | award-winning Native American Navajo oil painter |
| Relatives | Jim Abeita (brother)[4] |
Emerson Abeita (May 19, 1957 – February 3, 2017) was an American Navajo painter from Crownpoint, New Mexico. He made oil paintings and was primarily known for his depiction of Navajo people, nature, and animals. He was a younger brother of another well-known Navajo painter, Jim Abeita.
Emerson Abeita received an artistic education at the American Academy of Arts in Chicago, Illinois and at the Evanston Art Center in Evanston, Illinois in the late 1970s–early 1980s. Afterwards, he started exhibiting and competing at events like the New Mexico State Fair, the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonials, and the Navajo Tribal Fair and Rodeo, often winning prizes for his art. Abeita's work was shown in places like the New Mexico State Fair Fine Arts Gallery and the Gallup Public Library alongside painters like Archie Blackowl. His art was used as newspaper illustrations.
- ^ Tributes.com 2021.
- ^ Havlice 2002, p. 9.
- ^ a b Emerson Abeita 2021.
- ^ a b Worthopedia 2021.
- ^ a b c Gallup Independent; Feb 9, 2017.
- ^ Lester 1995, p. 1.