Fritz Scholder
Fritz Scholder Born (1937-10-06)October 6, 1937 Died February 10, 2005(2005-02-10) (aged 67) Nationality Luiseño Movement abstract expressionist Fritz Scholder (October 6, 1937 – February 10, 2005) was a Native American artist. Born in Breckenridge, Minnesota, Scholder was one-quarter Luiseño, a California Mission tribe. Scholder's most influential works were post-modern in sensibility and somewhat Pop Art in execution as he sought to deconstruct the mythos of the American Indian. A teacher at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe in the late 1960s, Scholder influenced a generation of Native American students.