LaVerne Nelson Black | |
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Born | 1887
Viola, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Died | 1939
Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Occupation | Painter |
LaVerne Nelson Black (1887-1939) was an American painter whose work depicted Native Americans. Born in Wisconsin, he lived in Taos, New Mexico in the 1920s and Phoenix, Arizona in the 1930s, [1] where he did two murals for the NRHP-listed United States Post Office. [2] His work is in the permanent collections of the Denver Art Museum, the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. [1] [3] [4]