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Solomon McCombs

Muscogee (Creek), 1913-1980

Birth PlaceEufala, Oklahoma, United States, North America

Death PlaceTulsa, Oklahoma, United States, North America

BiographySolomon McCombs (b. 1913) was a world -renowned Creek painter. His artwork is exhibited in numerous museums in the United States and Great Britain, and his paintings also adorned the American Embassy Building in Madrid and the home of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. McCombs was a Creek artist and employee of the U. S. General Services Administration and U. S. Department of State.

Muscogee Creek artist Solomon McCombs was born in 1913, in Eufaula, Oklahoma. McCombs led an interesting life that was filled with art from an early age. When McCombs was just a boy he suffered an injury which left him bedridden for a great deal of time. It was during this time he became fascinated with art. After high school, he went onto study at Bacone College in Muskogee, Oklahoma for one year. At Bacone, he studied under the famed artist Acee Blue Eagle. After his brief time at Bacone, he attended Tulsa Downtown College. After college he went to work for the U.S. Department of State, traveling throughout the continents of Asia and Africa lecturing about Native American culture and exhibiting his paintings. In 1973, he retired to become a full-time painter. He continued to paint scenes of the Muscogee Creek people and customs until he passed away in Tulsa on November 18, 1980.

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