Blackbear Bosin

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Blackbear Bosin's most famous work, The Keeper of the Plains in Wichita, Kansas

Blackbear Bosin (June 5, 1921-August 9, 1980) was a Comanche-Kiowa artist and painter, also known as Tsate Kongia.

He was born June 5, 1921 in Anadarko, Oklahoma, served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II and spent most of his adult life in Wichita, Kansas. Perhaps his most famous work is that city's The Keeper of the Plains, a 44-foot steel sculpture erected in 1974 at the confluence of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas rivers. It depicts an Native American warrior offering a blessing to the sky.

Bosin died on August 9, 1980.

Collections

• Bureau of Indian Affairs, United States Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
• Denver Art Museum
• Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians & Western Art, Indianapolis
• Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Heard Museum, Phoenix
• Indian Arts and Crafts Board, United States Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
• Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Wichita Art Association Gallery, Wichita, Kansas
• Wichita Art Museum, Kansas.
• Private Collection, Stevan Allen, Morgan Hill, California
• Private Collection, Anonymous, Wichita, Kansas
• A little girl was here she lives in the ITC. She rememebter this statue and was told that it plays music if your really quite

References

• "Blackbear Bosin: A Kansas Portrait". Kansas State Historical Society. Retrieved 2006-10-16.

External links

• "Blackbear Bosin (1921-1980)". Mid-American All Indian Center. Retrieved 2006-10-16.