Allan Houser

Allan Houser (1914–1994), born Haozous, was a Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache sculptor and painter regarded as the father of modern Native American sculpture. Born in Apache, Oklahoma, he spent much of his life and career in Santa Fe and the surrounding New Mexico high desert. His monumental bronze sculptures — many depicting Apache women, warriors, and ceremonial figures in elegant, abstracted forms — appear in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the White House. The Houser Foundation preserves his estate outside Santa Fe and continues to promote his work and the work of emerging Native artists.