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John Nieto

John W. Nieto (1936 - 2018) was active/lived in Texas, New Mexico.  John Nieto is known for Native American theme painting, etching, graphics, sculpture.

John Nieto calls himself an American artist who paints Indians, not an Indian artist.  An acclaimed leader of his field, but taking a separate path to represent Native Americans in striking symbolic portraits, Nieto is exhibited worldwide and has had paintings accepted for the Presidential library.

He does not attempt to be authentic, but to show a core Native spirit.  His Indians seem to belong to a universal tribe that suggest a common, Far Eastern origin, and connection with a contemporary group.

Early this century, Indian artists were cultivated in a white man's school and encouraged to portray ancestral and reservation experiences.  Art from that period was inauthentic and oblivious to world trends.  Since mid-century, Indian-born artists began to tell a bitter truth of Indian pain from alcoholism and other social problems.

John Nieto belongs to neither camp.  His Indians are not idealized or troubled.  They are potters, warrio   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7470 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Artist artworks for sale and wanted

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Research resources

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