David Chethlahe Paladin “Te Deum” 
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David Chethlahe Paladin “Te Deum”
- Original Acrylic On Masonite
- Signed Lower Right "Chethlahe"
About the Artist:
David Chethlahe Paladin’s visionary art contains ancient and archetypal symbolism less centered in his Navajo cultural roots, but more from a universal source of mystical knowledge. David Paladin was loved and respected by those who collected his art and those who knew him as a multi-faceted compassionate man. The list of David Paladin’s exhibits since the 1960's fills several pages. He executed a wide variety of commissions, including murals, tapestries, posters and cards. His oils, acrylics, sand paintings, lithographs and experimental media works are represented worldwide in government, corporate, museum and private collections.
David Chethlahe Paladin was born on the Navajo Reservation in 1926 at Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. He passed away in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1984. He had served in the U. S. Army during WW II and was a prisoner of war for 2-1/2 years. He studied art at Santa Fe and at the California School of Fine Arts. He studied under Marc Chagall and Mark Tobey.
"Paladin gave credit to the influence of Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, and Marc Chagall for influencing him to abandon his early traditional style en painting and embark on a more contemporary style. While still a student, Paladin met Marc Chagall at an exhibition of the artist's work at the Chicago Art Institute. Chagall encouraged him to use his Navajo heritage but not to illustrate anything; instead he should listen to the story, dream it, and paint it. The influence of Mark Tobey and Morris Graves, whom he met in Portland, Oregon, led him to experiment with texture, mixing clay, sand, and mud, and adding them to his paintings." Arizona Arts and Lifestyle, spring 1980.
Condition:
Good, Paper Backing Torn - Does Not Have Any Impact On Art
Size:
Overall: 18" X 25"
Visible: 14 1/2" X 22"