Fritz Scholder, Indian Rug #5 @smarthistory-art-history
Fritz Scholder, Indian Rug #5  @smarthistory-art-history
Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Fritz Scholder, Indian Rug #5, 1972, acrylic on canvas, 203.2 x 172.72 cm (Art Bridges Foundation) © Estate of Fritz Scholder

A conversation between Julia Mun, Assistant Curator, Art Bridges Foundation and Beth Harris, Smarthistory.

Fritz William Scholder V was a Native American artist, who produced paintings, monotypes, lithographs, and sculptures. Scholder was an enrolled member of the La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians, a federally recognized tribe of Luiseños, a California Mission tribe.
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Fritz Scholder, Indian Rug #5

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