DOI Heft:
No. 393 (December 1925)
DOI Artikel:Richmond, Leonard: Indian portraits of W. Langdon Kihn
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21403#0345
INDIAN PORTRAITS OF W. LANGDON KIHN
"mrs. halloway." stoney
indian of morley, alberta
by w. langdon kihn
INDIAN PORTRAITS OF W> LANG-
DON KIHN. BY LEONARD RICH-
MOND, R.O.I. 0000
W. LANGDON KIHN is a young
New York artist, who although only
born in 1898, in Brooklyn, shows sur-
prising skill in his art (chiefly of Indian
portraiture). His short career is already
crowded with many successes. While at
Boys' High School his artistic gift won for
him the Alexander Medal, and he gained
the Fine Arts scholarship in the Ethical
Culture Art School of New York City. He
also won an art scholarship in the School of
Fine and Applied Arts. He made no use
of either of these scholarships, so he
entered the Art Students League, where he
studied under Dumond and Miller. Later
he entered the school of F. Winold Reiss,
where he was a special student under
Mr. Reiss, who exhibited much interest in
his young pupil. 0000
His first artistic adventure was with the
historic tribe of Blackfeet in Montana, who
are well known for their kindly actions
towards the white man. This was early in
1920 and from that date commences Mr.
Kihn's career as a portraitist of Indians. 0
Vol. XC. No. 393.—December 1925.
The next spring he passed among the
Pueblo Indians of Laguma and Acoma,
New Mexico. 0000
Then in the early spring of 1922, Mr.
Kihn broke into fresh territory by taking a
journey to the " Canadian Rockies." For
seven months he stayed with the Stoney
tribe at Morley, Alberta ; the Kootenay
tribe, on the Upper Columbia River, and
the Nootka totem-pole Indians of Van-
couver Island. In Vancouver Island he
found excellent primitive decoration and
traditional colouring of bright hues, which
was singularly appropriate for adaptation
to his own style of artistic treatment. 0
In his drawings and paintings of the
Red Indians the sumptuous decorations
and gaiety of colour connected with the
intimate life of the various native tribes have
provided the artist with just the right
material. 00000
Mr. Kihn is a master of design and sig-
nificant form. Moreover he is entirely
individual in his drawings. His portraits
are quite uncanny in their incisive delinea-
tion of character, combined with a strong
sculpturesque treatment of the face in a
" captain jack." nootka indian
of vancouver island i direct
descendant of the famous chief
callicum. by w. langdon kihn
339
"mrs. halloway." stoney
indian of morley, alberta
by w. langdon kihn
INDIAN PORTRAITS OF W> LANG-
DON KIHN. BY LEONARD RICH-
MOND, R.O.I. 0000
W. LANGDON KIHN is a young
New York artist, who although only
born in 1898, in Brooklyn, shows sur-
prising skill in his art (chiefly of Indian
portraiture). His short career is already
crowded with many successes. While at
Boys' High School his artistic gift won for
him the Alexander Medal, and he gained
the Fine Arts scholarship in the Ethical
Culture Art School of New York City. He
also won an art scholarship in the School of
Fine and Applied Arts. He made no use
of either of these scholarships, so he
entered the Art Students League, where he
studied under Dumond and Miller. Later
he entered the school of F. Winold Reiss,
where he was a special student under
Mr. Reiss, who exhibited much interest in
his young pupil. 0000
His first artistic adventure was with the
historic tribe of Blackfeet in Montana, who
are well known for their kindly actions
towards the white man. This was early in
1920 and from that date commences Mr.
Kihn's career as a portraitist of Indians. 0
Vol. XC. No. 393.—December 1925.
The next spring he passed among the
Pueblo Indians of Laguma and Acoma,
New Mexico. 0000
Then in the early spring of 1922, Mr.
Kihn broke into fresh territory by taking a
journey to the " Canadian Rockies." For
seven months he stayed with the Stoney
tribe at Morley, Alberta ; the Kootenay
tribe, on the Upper Columbia River, and
the Nootka totem-pole Indians of Van-
couver Island. In Vancouver Island he
found excellent primitive decoration and
traditional colouring of bright hues, which
was singularly appropriate for adaptation
to his own style of artistic treatment. 0
In his drawings and paintings of the
Red Indians the sumptuous decorations
and gaiety of colour connected with the
intimate life of the various native tribes have
provided the artist with just the right
material. 00000
Mr. Kihn is a master of design and sig-
nificant form. Moreover he is entirely
individual in his drawings. His portraits
are quite uncanny in their incisive delinea-
tion of character, combined with a strong
sculpturesque treatment of the face in a
" captain jack." nootka indian
of vancouver island i direct
descendant of the famous chief
callicum. by w. langdon kihn
339