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Clarence Basil Cuts
The Rope (1935-2000)
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| A self-taught professional, Cuts The Rope painted in oil, water color, charcoal, pencil and acrylic and also was a sculptor. He maintained the Cuts The Rope Gallery in the log cabin where he was born, off Route 66 in Hays. "The things that I paint, I know because I've lived them," he once said. "I've lived in a transition period. I know what it is like to be an Indian ... I know who I am." His work sold throughout the United States, Canada, Japan and Germany. "He was a very fine artist, one of the finest artists we have in Montana," said fellow artist Jay Contway, of Great Falls. "His things were very original. So many painters these days paint from photographs, but Clarence never did." He was born April 12, 1935, in Hays, an enrolled member of the Gros Ventre Tribe. His interest in art became apparent in childhood, and he learned pencil drawing with some direction from his father. He graduated from high school in Hays and attended Haskell Indian School at Lawrence, Kan., for two years. He served with the U.S. Army 24th Infantry Division and the 11lth Airborne Division in Munich, Germany. Cuts The Rope, 64, died of congestive heart failure Wednesday, March 29, 2000, at a Great Falls hospital. He was known for his authentic portrayal of American Indian culture, his childhood, wildlife and the Montana lifestyle. | ||
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