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Osage Warrior in the Enemy Camp by Sculptor John Free. Seeking to attain his tribe's highest war honor by touching his enemy. This action among indigenous peoples is called "Counting Coup".
Osage Warrior in the Enemy Camp by Sculptor John Free. “Osage Warrior in the Enemy Camp” is a bronze created by Osage Artist John Free. The bronze, eight feet high and twelve feet long) was enlarged to 1-1/4 life size through the efforts of John Free of the Bronze Horse foundry in Pawhuska and Hugh Pickens. Pictured (L-R): Hugh Pickens, Executive Director of Pickens Museum and Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear of the Osage Nation.
Three Faces of the Pioneer Woman by Artist Daniel Pickens. Our mural "The Three Faces of the Pioneer Woman" is located in City Central at our Ponca City location.

Pickens Museum, also known as the Pickens Museum of Art, is a museum of fine arts in North Central Oklahoma with locations in Ponca City, Oklahoma and in Newkirk, Oklahoma housing a collection of art of the American West, Native American Turquoise JewelryNative American Art, African American Art, Twentieth Century American Bronze Sculpture, and Verdite Sculpture of Zimbabwe. Pickens Museum includes work including the following; African American art by Malvin Gray Johnson, Faith Ringgold, Woodrow Nash; Native American art by Allan Houser, Josue Sanchez, Yatika Starr Fields[1], Ed Natiya, Oreland Joe, Clyde Otipoby; Oklahoma art by John Free, Becky Manschreck, Roger Disney, Daniel Pickens; Bronze Sculpture by Donald De Lue[2], Paul Manship, Jo Davidson, Bryant Baker; Verdite Sculpture of Zimbabwe.[3]

Pickens Museum has locations in North Central Oklahoma in Ponca City and in Tonkawa.

History

Pickens Museum, also known as the Pickens Museum of Art, is a museum of fine arts in North Central Oklahoma with locations in Ponca City, Oklahoma and in Newkirk, Oklahoma[4] housing a collection of art of Native American Turquoise Jewelry, Native American Art, African American Art, Twentieth Century American Bronze Sculpture, and Verdite Sculpture of Zimbabwe.

The museum is named for Dr. S. J. Pickens, an avid art collector, who began her collection in Baltimore, MD in the 1970s. Pickens Museum is operated a 503{c) foundation. Pickens Museum opened in City Central in Ponca City in 2019 with the display of a mural by Daniel Pickens titled "The Three Faces of the Pioneer Woman." Pickens Museum has had exhibitions of the work of Tom Lea, Roger Disney, and Faith Ringgold at its Ponca City location.

In 2021 Pickens Museum partnered with Northern Oklahoma College in Newkirk, Oklahoma to display works of art at the college.[4] Pickens Museum has displayed exhibitions by Donald De Lue, Robert Hardee[5], C. J. Wells, and Malvina Hoffman at its Newkirk location.[2] In 2021 Pickens Museum commissioned a 20 foot by 60 foot mural by Yatika Starr Fields in NOC's Native American Engagement Center.[6]

Construction is planned for a 15,000 square foot facility on Highway 60 five miles west of Ponca City Oklahoma.[7]

Previous Exhibitions at Pickens Museum

  • "The Three Faces of the Pioneer Woman" by Daniel Pickens
  • "Images of the Old West" by Tom Lea
  • "Winter in New York" by Roger Disney
  • "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" which includes eight seriagraphs by Faith Ringgold that depict major events in the Civil Rights Movement.
  • "Native American Images" by C. J. Wells, K. Henderson, and Malvina Hoffman
  • "Sketches for Quest Eternal" by Donald De Lue[2]
  • "Route 66" by Robert Hardee[5]
  • Untitled Mural (20 foot by 60 feet) by Yatika Starr Fields

Artists Represented in Pickens Museum

Twentieth Century Bronze Sculpture

Native American Art

African American Art

Contemporary Art

Special Collections

Pickens Museum is home to a special collection of over 250 works by American Sculptor Donald De Lue including 140 of his original sketch books, over 100 of his sketches, and over 50 bronzes, medals, and plaster models by De Lue. Pickens Museum also includes bronze works by De Lue's contemporaries including American sculptors Richard Recchia, Malvina Hoffman, Bryant Baker, Alan Wein and Paul Manship.

Pickens Museum houses a special collection of over 1,000 pieces of turquoise jewelry including squash blossoms, necklaces, rings, bracelets, and figures.

Pickens is home to the a monumental sculpture cast by Osage Sculptor John Dale Free. Standing 8 foot high and 12 feet long the piece is the only sculpture by Free to be cast a monumental size.

Pickens Museum includes a special collection of twenty stone sculptures carved out of Verdite from Zimbuabe.

Pickens Museum has a 20 foot by 60 foot mural by Yatika Starr Fields at its Newkirk location.[1]

Pickens Museum has a 30 foot by 15 foot mural by Daniel Pickens at its Ponca City location.

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ponca Post. "Pickens Museum and NOC Announce Mural by Osage Artist Yatika Starr Fields" May 5, 2021.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ponca City News. "Pickens Museum opens exhibit at NOC of “Quest Eternal”" by sculptor Donald De Lue
  3. ↑ Pickens Museum. retrieved May 5, 2021
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ponca Post. "NOC partners with Doctor Pickens Museum, Inc. for Displays of Art Collection on Tonkawa Campus" February 23, 2021.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Northern Oklahoma College. "Pickens Museum Displays Route 66 Murals by Robert Hardee at NOC" April 26, 2021.
  6. ↑ Ponca City News. "Pickens Museum and NOC announce mural by Osage artist Yatika Starr Fields" May 6, 2021.
  7. ↑ Ponca City Now. "Hugh Pickens signs construction contract for museum honoring his late wife" June 29, 2018.
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