Andrew Tsinajinnie, Trachoma, Health Education, Symptoms
Andrew Tsinajinnie
1916-2000
Diné (Navajo)
Alternative Name
Andy Tsinajinnie, Andrew Van Tsinajinnie
Date
1966
Medium Specific
pen and ink on matboard
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Accession Number
2010.35.22.07
Credit
Gift of Dr. Alan Kite
Memo / Artist Statement
Graphic materials used by the Indian Health Service on the Navajo Reservation about the eye disease, Trachoma. Paintings and associated materials illustrate how the disease is spread (sharing makeup, utensils, etc.), how to minimize spread, symptoms, medication, treatment, and recovery. The program ran from 1965-1968.
Biography
Born in Rough Rock, Arizona, Andy Tsinnajinnie was an Indian artist and illustrator who maintained a studio in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was a member of the Navajo Salt River Bend Indian tribe, and the translation of his last name, which has been spelled in several ways, is "Little Grey." He studied art at the Fort Apache School in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and graduated in 1936.
Andy attended the Santa Fe Indian school where he studied with Dorothy Dunn and later attended the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. He was known for his depictions of traditional Navajo life and continued painting throughout his lifetime.
Several books illustrated by him were published during his lifetime, notably "Navajo History, Vol I" Navajo Curriculum Center, 1971. He also painted large murals for the WPA in Arizona and New Mexico including ones for Indian Schools. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force in the South Pacific, and after that was a full-time artist in Scottsdale. He did illustration for the Navajo Agency at Window Rock, for "Arizona Highways" and also for other magazines and books.
Andy attended the Santa Fe Indian school where he studied with Dorothy Dunn and later attended the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. He was known for his depictions of traditional Navajo life and continued painting throughout his lifetime.
Several books illustrated by him were published during his lifetime, notably "Navajo History, Vol I" Navajo Curriculum Center, 1971. He also painted large murals for the WPA in Arizona and New Mexico including ones for Indian Schools. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force in the South Pacific, and after that was a full-time artist in Scottsdale. He did illustration for the Navajo Agency at Window Rock, for "Arizona Highways" and also for other magazines and books.
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