Prayer to the Rain God

by Peter Ogden

Title

Prayer to the Rain God

Artist

Peter Ogden

Medium

Painting - Oil Painting

Description

Prayer to a Rain God, circa 1921 by Eanger Irving Couse [American 1866-1936]. Oil on canvas of a southwestern native American Indian invoking the figure of a rain god. Kachina painting on the wall appears to be Hopi.
Eanger Irving Couse was an American artist and a founding member and first president of the Taos Society of Artists. Born and reared in Saginaw, Michigan, he went to New York City and Paris to study art. While spending summers in Taos, he began to make the paintings of Native Americans, New Mexico, and the American Southwest for which he is best known.
The Fine Art America logo does not appear on the final product.

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April 30th, 2017

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