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Andy Van Tsinajinnie Original Water Color FramedI have been a collector of american indian art for over 30 yeasr and have decided to sell some of my wonderful paintings. This andy tsinajinnie is a real treasure and very hard to find piece and it is a very collectable piece. You will find it difficult to find old pieces like the ones i am listing on my site. I have some of my art in houston and some in okc so i will shpi purchased items within a week when i return to one city or the other. Don't miss this one. 10x16 visual and framed size 23x28 i will be listing over 100 paintings and over 50 different artists on my store site. I will be extremely careful with shipping and only ship insured. You can email me with any questions. Andy tsinajinnie original water color click on to my store to see other great paintings sold much below gallery prices! About andy tsinajinnie born in rough rock, arizona, andrew van tsinahjinnie (yazzie bahe meaning little grey) had been drawing since he was a child. He studied with dorothy dunn at teh studio and she said that he was one of the best artists there.
Even before he went into the army in 1941, tsinajinnie had done murals in indian hospitals. After the service he studied at the oakland college of arts and crafts in california. His life has been devoted to painting the old ways of the navajso and the way they dressed. Since 1977 he suffered with a serious illness and had not been able to do much painting or teaching, but he kept his love of the old ways. Tsinajinnie grew up herding sheep and riding horses and his love for that life was what he wanted to portray in his paintings.
He was married to imnnie mcgirt and they had seven children. Designated an arizona living treasure, this fine artist has work included in the permanent collections of the denver art museumthe thomas gilcrease institute of american history and art in tulsa, oklahoma the heard museum in phoenix, arizona the museum of northern arizona in flagstaff, arizona the philbrook museum of art in tulsa the millicent rogers foundation museum in taos, new mexico the smithsonian instittuion in washington, dc and the wheelwright museum of the american indian art in santa fe-just to name a few.
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