PAINTING, PICTOGRAPH

Description: ELK LEATHER LACED WITH SINEW TO WILLOW POLE FRAME. SIGNED: "CONRAD CHIEFBODY BOX 32 STANDOFF" BR. TRADITIONAL MOTIFS USED TO RECORD A PANORAMA VIEW OF HISTORIC TRIBAL LIFESTYLE. PAINTING USES TRADITIONAL BLOOD COLOUR, RED, GREEN, YELLOW, & BLUE. ATTACHED IS DETAILED PRESENTATION OF ARTISTS VIEWS (25 PGES) HIDE IS A TRADITIONAL PAINTING SURFACE.

History: ARTIST LEARNED OR WAS GIVEN STYLISTIC MOTIFS BY HIS FATHER. HIS INTENTION IS THE PAINTING OF "RECORDS OF TRIBAL VICTORIES (EVENTS)" RATHER THAN PRODUCING ARTWORK. HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE LACK OF TRIBAL HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE BY HIS CHILDREN & GRANDCHILDREN. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON THE ARTIST, CONRAD CHIEF BODY, WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES ON HIS ARTWORK AND HIS OBITUARY. CONRAD CHIEF BODY, A MEMBER OF THE BLOOD TRIBE, WAS BORN IN 1937 AND MARRIED THERESA EARLY MORNING CALLER, THE DAUGHTER OF PERCY 'TWO GUN' PLAIN WOMAN, IN 1965. THEY RAISED THREE DAUGHTERS. CHIEF BODY WAS WELL KNOWN IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA AND MONTANA FOR HIS STYLIZED PICTOGRAPH PAINTINGS ON COWHIDE. CONRAD CHIEF BODY PASSED AWAY ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2002, ON THE BLOOD RESERVE. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPIES OF NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS AND AN EXCERPT ON CHIEF BODY FROM LLOYD JAMES DEMPSEY'S BOOK 'BLACKFOOT WAR ART: PICTOGRAPHS OF THE RESERVATION PERIOD, 1880-2000', AS WELL AS THE ARTIST'S DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MEANING OF EACH IMAGE DEPICTED IN THIS PAINTING.