LaVerne Nelson Black
American painter
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LaVerne Nelson Black (1887-1938) was an American painter whose work depicted Native Americans. Born in Wisconsin, he lived in Taos, New Mexico in the 1920s and Phoenix, Arizona in the 1930s,[1] where he did two murals for the NRHP-listed United States Post Office.[2] His work is in the permanent collections of the Denver Art Museum, the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[1][3][4]
LaVerne Nelson Black | |
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| Born | 1887 Viola, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | 1938 (aged 50–51) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Painter |
