Robert draper navajo artist paintings
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Robert draper navajo artist paintings
Robert Draper (painter)
Navajo and Hopi/Laguna artist (1938–2000)
Robert D. Draper (born as Robert Martin;[1] 1938–2000) was a Navajo (Diné) and Hopi/Laguna contemporary artist, known for his watercolor paintings.[2][3] He often painted realistic landscapes of the Navajo (Diné) Reservation and Canyon de Chelly.[4][5]
Biography
Robert D.
Draper was born November 20, 1938, in Canyon del Muerto in Chinle, Arizona.[1][4] Chinle is located on the rim of the Canyon de Chelly National Monument. His mother Janet Descheeny was Navajo, and his father Frank Martin was Navajo, Hopi and Laguna.[1] Draper's early education was on the Navajo (Diné) Reservation.[1]
He was raised by his grandparents and changed his name to Robert Draper at age 8, while attending the Chinle Boarding School (now known as Many Farms Community School) from 1947 to 1951.
He also attended the Intermountain Indian School