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Japanese Americans and the forced relocations and restrictions endured by Indigenous peoples.
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Charmaine. He credited his wife and children with encouraging him to continue his personal work during his time as a commercial artist. DesJarlait spent the final years of his life traveling to schools in Minnesota to teach students about Ojibwe culture and mentoring younger Indigenous artists. In 1972, DesJarlait died of complications from cancer at fifty-one years old.
162:, the school was over six hours away from DesJarlait’s home. He would later refer to his time at Pipestone as a turning point. DesJarlait met Indigenous students from various parts of the United States and white families in the town. While at this school, he was able to pursue art when teachers encouraged him to take on art projects and during his three years as a member of a Boy Scout Troop.
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DesJarlait met his first wife, Eleanor Luther of Laguna Pueblo, in 1942. They had one daughter, Patricia. Their marriage dissolved in 1945 before his return to Red Lake. Upon his return to Red Lake
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DesJarlait's painting style is characterized by his abstracted figures, vibrant colors, and signature use of dashes to build up areas of the artwork. He referenced these dashes, created by small strokes of a paintbrush, as creating a “rounded, moving effect” intended to guide the eye of the viewer.
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Mission Boarding School in Redby, Minnesota was the first. DesJarlait recalled the school as strictly enforcing rules against speaking Ojibwe and partaking in crafts, games, or other traditions associated with Ojibwe culture. He encountered similarly strict
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DesJarlait maintained a varied commercial art career for twenty-six years. He worked for various film companies, advertising agencies, and the visual aids department of a defense system company. He helped develop many advertising campaigns in the Twin Cities area, including the
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The majority of his artworks focus on contemporary Red Lake Ojibwe subjects. This contemporaneity is emphasized by the clothing shown in his paintings. DesJarlait saw his art as having a role in shaping a positive record of Ojibwe life for both non-Native and Ojibwe audiences. Most of his
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DesJarlait continued to paint scenes from his memories of Red Lake
Reservation while in San Diego. His friends spread knowledge of his unique, developing style to others in the area. The Fine Arts Gallery in San Diego facilitated the artist’s first solo exhibition in 1945. Every painting in the
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DesJarlait moved to the Twin Cities with his family to pursue commercial art opportunities after his year at Red Lake. He maintained a personal art practice throughout his commercial career. His paintings received greater recognition beginning in the 1960s. Altering the date of
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Boarding School, but it provided more free time for its students. DesJarlait participated in creating decorations for the school and continued to draw regularly. The artist then transferred to Pipestone Boarding School. Located in
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200:. DesJarlait, along with fourteen other artists, created animated films demonstrating the assembly of torpedoes and other jobs. Several of these artists rented garages and turned them into art studios where DesJarlait and others painted in their spare time.
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well-known artworks consist of singular figures or groups engaged in work. Later in his career, DesJarlait depicted Ojibwe dancers as well, reflecting the Red Lake Pow-wow and the growing presence of urban pow-wows in places like the Twin Cities.
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butter maiden. DesJarlait expressed particular fondness of his work on the Hamm’s bear, referring to it as “one of my most delightful accomplishments in commercial art.” DesJarlait’s design for the butter maiden was retired in 2020.
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Chippewa Indians. Known for his watercolor paintings, DesJarlait created roughly 300 artworks during his lifetime. DesJarlait’s art represents an early diversion from
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