R.C. Gorman

Rudolph Carl Gorman (1931–2005) was a Navajo artist born in Chinle, Arizona, celebrated as "the Picasso of American Indian artists" by The New York Times. Working primarily from his studio and gallery in Taos, New Mexico, Gorman developed a distinctive figurative style featuring full, flowing forms of Pueblo women rendered in lithography, silkscreen, and oil. His works are held in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian, the Museum of Modern Art, and dozens of other major institutions. Gorman's warm, rounded forms drew on both his Navajo heritage and his studies in Mexico City under Diego Rivera's influence, creating a signature aesthetic immediately recognizable across the Southwest.