LaVerne Nelson Black explained

LaVerne Nelson Black
Birth Date:	1887
Birth Place:	Viola, Wisconsin, U.S.
Death Date:	1939
Death Place:	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation:	Painter

LaVerne Nelson Black (1887-1939) 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]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: LaVerne Nelson Black . Smithsonian American Art Museum . October 8, 2020.
2. News: Four Murals Are Selected . October 8, 2020 . Arizona Republic . May 4, 1937. 2. Newspapers.com.
3. Web site: Apache Land . Denver Art Museum . October 8, 2020.
4. Web site: William H. and Roxanne Thams Collection . Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art . October 8, 2020.