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Jimmy Abeita

Jimmy Abeita (Born 1947) is active/lives in Arizona, New Mexico.  Jimmy Abeita is known for Portrait, figure, and animal painting.

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Born in Crownpoint, New Mexico, Jim Abeita started drawing on grocery sacks at the age of 3. He attended high school in Gallup, New Mexico and Salt Lake City. Later he attended the American Academy of Art in Chicago, doing a two year course in nine months.

He lived in Chicago for several years, and in the late 1970s went back to the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. There, encouraged by his wife, he began selling his paintings and won awards in major art shows.

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Jimmy Abeita


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
Art MediaArt Subject
  • Animals, Mammals
  • Figure, Figurative Humans
  • Indians, Native American Specialty
  • Indians, Native Americans
  • Portraits, Portraiture
  • Wildlife, Wild Animal
Art School
  • American Academy of Art, Chicago, Student
Chronology
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Animal Specialty
  • Figure Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
  • Indian, Native American
  • Navajo Indian

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