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Leonard Riddles
Niuam (Comanche), 1918-2003
Birth PlaceWalters, Oklahoma, United States, North America
BiographyLeonard (Black Moon) Riddles was active/lived in Oklahoma. He is known for mustangs, Indian figure, genre, mural. Riddles was born to a father who was white and a Comanche Indian mother. The name Black Moon came from his great-great-grandfather.
Riddles was a farmer and rancher also painter, muralist, illustrator and teacher. His primary interest was mustang horses, which he depicted in highly realistic manner in his paintings and which he raised with his wife, Eva, on a ranch near his hometown of Walters, Oklahoma. These horses are known for their stamina, endurance and agility. Raising mustangs was part of Riddles' family heritage as his great grandfather had a herd of about 250 Appaloosas, one of the mustang groups. Leonard Riddles served on the Board of Directors for the Southwest Spanish Mustang Association, whose aim is to restore and preserve the breed.
He spent many years doing research and I paint only what is told to me by elders of my tribe," Riddles said years ago.
Riddles, who died June 30, 2003 in Walters, Ok
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