Porferio Tirador "Gopher" Armstrong (May 8, 1935 – March 17, 2010), sometimes called Theodore Armstrong, was a Cheyenne-Caddo painter from Clinton, Oklahoma.[1][2] Armstrong had a keen interest in art since elementary school. He studied at the Concho Indian School and has exhibited his work across the country.[1] Some of his works are in the permanent collection of institutions including the Oklahoma Historical Society Museum[1] and the Joslyn Art Museum.[3]
Armstrong served in the United States Marine Corps for three years during WWII. He married Dola Jean Tartsah (from the Kiowa tribe) in 1961.[1] He died on March 17, 2010, and is buried in the Concho Cemetery, Concho, Oklahoma.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d King, Jeanne Snodgrass (1968). American Indian painters; a biographical directory. Smithsonian Libraries. New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation.
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