Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-03-13

Hart Schultz, who paints under the
name of Lone Wolf, inherited from
his Blackfeet mother, recently opened
an exhibition of paintings at the
Babcock galleries in New York.
Hart is a Montana artist, having
been born on the Blackfeet reserva-
ton. The married life of his parents
in the days when the Blackfeet were
still following traditional Indian ways
is described in the book, MY Life As
an Indian" by his father, James Will
lard Schultz.
Hart had his early education at the
Holy Family mission, which is still con-
tinuing its work II miles south OF
Browning. He took up life as a cow
boy and was known all over the state
as a reckless and daring "buckaroo."
Like Charles Russell and Will James,
his favorite diversion during this period
was sketching horses and he gained
a remarkable knowledge Of them in
this way.
Many of his pictures grace walls OF
his friends at Browning and on the
reservation. These friends highly APP
preciated the gifts ever at the time
and in light of Harris success in re-
cent years they point them out not
only with personal pride but with tribal
pride, since he Is the only living Indian
artist Of note.
In 1911 Hart Schultz drifted TO Ari-
IONA and punched COWS there for more
than a year but he was attracted, with
other cowboys, to guiding in Grand
canyon. Here his sketches won APP
prevail of the famous painter, Thomas
Moran, who gave him lessons on use
of oils. Hart soon started a career Of
painting as a life work and managed
to live on amounts received from paint
ings though prices were at first small.
In 1921 he returned to the Black
feet reservation and set up his lodge
at Glacier Park station. His work sold
rapidly to tourists visiting the park.
Mr.. Heckshire, an art collector OF
New York CITY. entered the tepec one
day through curiosity, wishing to see
something of Indian life. Hart was
absent at the time, but a few OF his
paintings were leaning against the wall
and an unfinished study was on the
easel. Mrs. Schultz, a white woman
Of education and refinement. talked
over her husbands work with the
guest.
The few samples showed talent, but
Mr.. Heckshire was not greatly I'M
pressed. He asked, however, II she had
other of Lone VOLTS pictures n Mrs,
Schultz, looking around for one picture
Hart had been dissatisfied with and
had practically discarded, found 1t at
the back of the tepee, where II mao been
laid under the anyas
This painting, Lost in a Snowstorm, :
representing q lone Indian woman on
horseback with a travels, in q bind
ing blizzard on the open prairie, won
the visitors admiration.
Work Attracts Critics
When Schultz made his first New
York exhibit, under Mr.. Heckshire's
patronage, this picture was acclaimed
by critics as a prize. Schultz knows
the life Of the Indian from personal
experience and SO is able to record
it on canvas better than any white
man. it is commended. His costumes
are always historically correct since he
has had an opportunity from child
hood to associate the fitting costume
with each ceremony or occasion.
Hart is six feet tall, straight as an
arrow and of the striking type. The
pride and reserve Of his Indian grand
father, Chief yellow Wolf, are among
his heritages and make him a study
to his white admirers. From his white
father, Hart has received a love of adj
venture and daring in line with Indian
tradition and a large amount OF the
white mans driving energy, along with
the determination to succeed, from the
white mans point of view.
His pictures have an especial value
from the fact that he has lived with
his Indian tribe in a OF life
that has ceased to exist and his can
vases portray Indian life faithfully for
future generations.
One OF his paintings was on the
White House walls during the Coolidge
administration and his other works are
rapidly finding their way into homes.