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“Inner Spirit” by Nez Perce, Assiniboine, Chippewa artist Doug Hyde. The Colorado alabaster sculpture is 13” x 13 1/2” x 8”.
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About the artist
Doug Hyde
For the last two decades, Hyde has been a recognized leader among Native American artists. From images evoked by Indian lore to those reflecting the modern Native American, his work exudes emotion, strength, and beauty and is resonating of his Native American heritage.
Hyde was born 1946 in Oregon of Nez Perce and Assiniboine background. He studied at the Institute of American Indian Art in Santa Fe and continued his studies at the San Francisco Institute of Art. Hyde then served with the army in Vietnam, and upon his return moved back to Santa Fe where he continued his work in sculpture and served as a faculty member at IAIA until 1974.
Hyde works with a wide array of materials including marble, alabaster, onyx, limestone and bronze. His work has evolved in even greater diversity through his bronzes, a relatively new medium for Hyde. The contrast and texture he achieves by sculpting in bronze and working with different patinas is remarkable.
In 1967 he attended the San Francisco Art Institute on a scholarship but then enlisted in the US Army, doing tours of duty in the 198th Light Infantry Brigade in Vietnam. Seriously wounded by a grenade, he was hospitalized for several months and later learned to cut and shape stone at a friend's memorial business. In 1972 he returned to teach art at the Institute of American Indian Art. He has completed a number of major commissions.
