Ernest Spybuck
Ernest Spybuck | |
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Ernest Spybuck, Absentee Shawnee artist, ca. 1910 | |
| Born | January 1883 Potawatomi/Shawnee Reservation, Indian Territory |
| Died | 1949 (aged 66) On Indian allotment land, 16 miles west of Tecumseh, Oklahoma |
| Other names | Maythela, Mathkacea |
| Citizenship | Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma and American |
| Education | Self-taught |
| Known for | Painting, drawing |
| Movement | Native American modernism |
| Patrons | M. R. Harrington |
Earnest Spybuck (January 1883 – 1949) was an Absentee Shawnee Native American artist, who was born on the land allotted the Shawnee Indians in Indian Territory and what was to later become Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, near the town of Tecumseh.
After his collection of his art by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington, Spybuck's work was received positively by both Native American and non-native artistic communities. Many of his works are now held by the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian.