Watershed Moments in Art One Artist. More than 10,000 Works of Art. Allan C. Haozous was to become known as Allan Houser, one of the 20th Centurys most important artists. Allans parents, Sam and Blossom Haozous were members of the Chiricahua Apache tribe who were held as prisoners of war for 27 years. Allans father was with the small band of Warm Springs Chiricahuas when their leader, Geronimo, surrendered to the U.S. Army in 1886 in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. Houser was raised on his familys Oklahoma farm and from his earliest years loved to sketch and draw. His first formal art education took place between 1934 and 1938 with Dorothy Dunn at the Painting Studio of the Santa Fe Indian School. It was here that Houser began to depict his cherished Apache tradition in his own way. During the many years he taught art -- in Utah and at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico -- Houser encouraged his students to find and express their own identity and voice. Many artists have emulated his style over the years, but the sculptors greatest joy was in seeing young artists work from deep within themselves. Housers career is remarkable in the range of artistic mediums he was able to master. More than ten thousand pieces of art were created by the artist during his lifetime.
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