Jane McCarty Mauldin facts for kids
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Jane McCarty Mauldin
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Mauldin, 1985
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Carol Jean McCarty
January 19, 1936 |
| Died | October 27, 1997 (aged 61) Tulsa, Oklahoma
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| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Carol Jane McCarty Mauldin |
| Occupation | artist |
| Years active | 1953–1997 |
Jane McCarty Mauldin (born January 19, 1936 – died October 27, 1997) was a talented Choctaw artist. She created both commercial art (like for businesses) and fine art (paintings for shows). She showed her art from 1963 until 1997.
Jane won over 100 awards for her amazing artwork. The Five Civilized Tribes Museum in Muskogee, Oklahoma even called her a "Master Artist." Her paintings are now in important places like the Heard Museum and the Heritage Center of the Red Cloud Indian School. They are also in collections of the U.S. Department of the Interior and many private collections.
Early Life of Jane Mauldin
Carol Jane McCarty, who everyone called Jane, was born on January 19, 1936. Her birthplace was Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her parents were Madelyn Helen (Beck) and Vernon Clay McCarty.
Jane's family were members of the Choctaw Nation. She was the second of four children. Her siblings were Valjean, Patrick, and Judy Louise. While her older sister lived with their grandparents, Jane traveled a lot with her parents. Her father worked as a plumber, and they moved often for his jobs.
Jane went to elementary schools in Oklahoma, Texas, and California. She graduated from Tulsa Central High School in 1954.
Jane Mauldin's Art Career
In her last year of high school, Jane McCarty started working as a commercial artist. She worked for Floyd Gates Studio in Tulsa for 24 years. In 1955, she married Corwin Bobby Mauldin. They had four children together: Mark Corwin, Lisa Carol, Jerald Clay, and Steven Carl.
In 1963, Jane began showing her paintings in art shows. She created these paintings at night after her full day of work. Her sister, Valjean, painted in the traditional Bacone flatstyle. However, Jane used many different styles and materials. She worked with acrylics, collage, ink, pencil, oil, and watercolors.
Her early paintings looked very real, almost like photographs (this is called photorealism). Later, some of her art became more modern and free-flowing. She showed her work at the First Annual Invitational Exhibition of American Indian Paintings. This show was held by the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. from late 1964 to early 1965. Two of her paintings were bought by the Department of the Interior after being shown at the Philbrook Museum of Art in 1965.
In 1972, the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona featured Jane and her sister Valjean in an exhibit. The sisters often showed their art together. Jane won a prize for her watercolor painting in 1976 at the Scottsdale National Indian Art Show. In 1978, she received the Jerome Tiger Award from the Five Civilized Tribes Museum.
Jane was one of the women invited to the National Indian Women's Art Show in Washington, D.C. in 1980. The next year, she and her sister took part in the Night of the First Americans exhibition. This show was at the Kennedy Arts Center in Washington, D.C. In 1982, the Indian Arts and Crafts Board held a special show just for her. It was called Painting by Jane McCarty Mauldin at the Southern Plains Indian Museum in Anadarko, Oklahoma.
In 1985, Jane Mauldin joined other talented artists for the Daughters of the Earth exhibit. This show traveled for three years (1985–1988) across the United States and Europe. Other artists included her sister Valjean, Mary Adair (Cherokee), Jean Bales (Iowa), and Virginia Stroud (Keetoowah Band Cherokee-Muscogee Creek).
Jane was a featured artist at the 1990 Native American Fair in Oklahoma City. She also exhibited at the Red Earth Festival, where she won 2nd place for her drawing. That same year, she placed 2nd in painting at the Five Civilized Tribe Annual show. In 1993, Jane, K. Henderson (Cherokee), and Jeanne Walker Rorex (Echota Cherokee) had a three-woman exhibit. This was for the Sand Springs Museum's Fall Art Show.
Jane won more than 100 awards during her career. These awards came from places like the Five Civilized Tribes Museum, the Heard Museum, and the Santa Fe Indian Market. She was named a "Master Artist" by the Five Civilized Tribes Museum in Muskogee, Oklahoma, shortly before she passed away.
Death and Legacy
Jane Mauldin passed away from an illness on October 27, 1997, in Tulsa. She was buried at Ridgelawn Cemetery in Collinsville, Oklahoma, on October 31.
In 2000, her artwork was chosen for an all-women exhibition. This show was called American Indian Women Art and Soul and was held at the Red Earth Museum in Oklahoma City. Jane's paintings are still part of the permanent collections at the Heard Museum, the Heritage Center of the Red Cloud Indian School, and the Department of the Interior. Her art is also held in many private collections, keeping her legacy alive.
