Acee Blue Eagle

For state legislator of Borth Carolina Alexander C. McIntosh see North Carolina General Assembly of 1899–1900

Acee Blue Eagle
Chebon Ahbulah (Laughing Boy), Lumhee Holot-Tee (Blue Eagle)
Born
Alexander C. McIntosh

(1907-08-16)August 16, 1907
DiedJune 18, 1959(1959-06-18) (aged 51)
Resting placeNational Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma
NationalityMuscogee (Creek) Nation
EducationBacone College, University of Oklahoma,
Alma materUniversity of Oklahoma
Occupation(s)Artist, educator, dancer, and Native American flute player.
Employer(s)Bacone College, self
Organization(s)United States Army Air Corps, Bacone College
Known forDirecting the art program at Bacone College
Notable workMurals in the dining hall of the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) and U.S. Post Office at Seminole, Oklahoma
StyleBacone style
Spouse
(divorced)
PartnerMae Wadley Abbott
Parent(s)Solomon McIntosh, mother was Martha "Mattie" Odom
RelativesSecond cousin, Muscogee/Seminole artist Fred Beaver; cousin, Howard Rufus Collins, who painted under the name Ducee Blue Buzzard
AwardsIndian Hall of Fame, Who's Who of Oklahoma, International Who's Who, "Outstanding Indian in the United States", 1958; received a medal for eight paintings at the National Museum of Ethiopia

Acee Blue Eagle (17 August 1907 – 18 June 1959) was a Native American artist, educator, dancer, and Native American flute player,[1] who directed the art program at Bacone College. His birth name was Alexander C. McIntosh, he also went by Chebon Ahbulah (Laughing Boy), and Lumhee Holot-Tee (Blue Eagle), and was an enrolled member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.

  1. ^ Wyckoff, 92