Wind Spirit

ca. 1955
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
In Blackbear Bosin’s painting, a Native family on horseback observes a tornado moving across the Plains. They are awed by the power of nature and fear for their safety, and as they watch, they measure the effect of the storm on a herd of buffalo stampeding in the distance. Like painters Oscar Howe and Walter Richard “Dick” West Sr., Bosin pushed the boundaries of tradition. He created a distinctive, highly personal artistic style, placing his figures within the vastness of the Plains landscape.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Wind Spirit
  • Artist: Francis Blackbear Bosin, Tsate Kongia (Native American, Comanche-Kiowa, Oklahoma, 1921–1980)
  • Date: ca. 1955
  • Geography: United States, Oklahoma
  • Culture: Comanche-Kiowa
  • Medium: Watercolor on paper
  • Dimensions: 23 × 33 5/8 in. (58.4 × 85.4 cm)
  • Classification: Paper-Paintings
  • Credit Line: Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Nola Bosin Kimble Estate (1955.9)
  • Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing