Pop Wea

Pop Wea, also known as Lori Tanner, Lorie Tanner, Lo Ree Tanner, Lo Rie Tanner, Loree Tanner[1] and Lo Rei Tanner[2] (died 1966), was a Native American artist associated with the Taos Pueblo.[3] She was a painter and potter. Pop Wea is listed in the Biographical Directory of Native American Painters, and in American Indian Painters: a Biographical Directory.[1]

Pop Wea
Died1966
NationalityTaos Pueblo
Known forPottery and painting
Buffalo in snow, painting by Pop Wea, c. 1960s

Work

Pop Wea's work titled Taos Warrior Dance (casein on board) is on display at the Arizona State Museum at the University of Arizona.[4] Her work has been described as dramatic and non-traditional, for example her work Buffalo in snow.[5] Her paintings were sometimes executed in a "three dimensional style."[6] In 1965, her work Eagle Dance received first prize in painting in the Scottsdale Indian Art Exhibition; it was described in a review as having "startling calligraphy on a black ground."[7]

Pop Wea's work was exhibited in 1962 at the Museum of Northern Arizona,[8] and at the Heard Museum in 1967.[9]

Pop Wea has been described as a "promising artist who died young."[9] Pop Wea's reputation as an artist was established in 1963 following an exhibition in Gallup, New Mexico; she unexpectedly died three years later.[2]

Collections

Pop Wea's work is in the James T. Bialac Collection of Southwest Paintings at the Arizona State Museum.[6] Her work is included in several private collections.[10][11]

Personal life

Pop Wea was the niece of another Taos Pueblo artist, Pop Chalee.[2]

References
  1. "Native American Artist Resource Collection: Lorie Tanner". Heard Museum. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  2. Cesa, Margaret (1997). The World of Flower Blue: Pop Chalee: an Artistic Biography. University of Michigan Press/Red Crane Books. pp. 117, 145–147. ISBN 9781878610652. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  3. Clark, Virginia (16 July 2012). "Taos Arts - Celebrating 100 Years of Beauty and Statehood". The Taos News. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  4. "Taos Warrior Dance". The Avery Collection. Arizona State Museum at the University of Arizona. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
  5. Tanner, Clara Lee (1973). Southwest Indian Painting: A Changing Art. University of Arizona Press. pp. 205–206.
  6. Tanner, Clara Lee (1968). The James T. Bialac Collection of Southwest Indian Paintings. Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  7. Bucklew, Joan (28 February 1965). "New and Old World Ties in Exhibit: Indian Art has 16 Classes". Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  8. "Navajo Craftsmen to Display Work at Flagstaff". Arizona Daily Star. 22 July 1962. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  9. Bucklew, Joan (19 March 1967). "Amerindian Show Like a Vast Mural". Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  10. Wilson, Maggie (30 August 1970). "Mrs. Jackman thinks Indian". Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  11. Wilson, Maggie (16 March 1973). "Art show draws all kinds". Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2 April 2021.

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