jerome richard tiger
The Visionary Spirit of Jerome Richard Tiger In the brief, incandescent span of his life, Jerome Richard Tiger emerged as a profound voice within the landscape of Native American art, weaving together the spiritual tapestry of the Muscogee Nation with a technical mastery that belied his youth. Born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, in 1941, Tiger was a child of the Creek and Seminole traditions, an inheritance that provided him with a deep-seated connection to the oral histories and cosmological rhythms of his people. His early years were shaped by the wandering stories of his grandfather, Reverend Co…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of jerome richard tiger's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
