Kiowa Painting By Mopope

ca. 1910

17.75" H x 14.75" W

Hand Painted of an Indian Sitting next to a Fire and Framed Behind Glass

In Very Good Condition

Stephen Mopope (1898–1974), also known as Qued Koi or "Painted Robe," was a prominent Kiowa artist from Oklahoma. He was a key member of the Kiowa Six (or Kiowa Five/Six), a groundbreaking group of early 20th-century Native American painters who helped develop the flat-style ledger art into modern Native American painting. Mopope was prolific, creating works that depicted Kiowa culture, ceremonies, dances, warriors, flute players, and daily life, often in a distinctive flat, bold, and colorful style influenced by traditional hide painting and ledger art.