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SAAM describes Scholder as of Luiseño and European ancestry and notes that he both did and did not identify as American Indian. AEU preserves that source-described complexity.
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Artist record / evidence-aware
1937–2005
Painter and IAIA instructor whose work moved between abstraction, Pop-inflected figuration, and Native subject matter; AEU preserves Smithsonian’s description of his variable self-identification.
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SAAM describes Scholder as of Luiseño and European ancestry and notes that he both did and did not identify as American Indian. AEU preserves that source-described complexity.
MoCNA describes Scholder as combining Pop art and abstract expression and describes his New Mexico paintings as Color Field-influenced abstractions.
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