ARTIST: Hodges D Soileau (Louisiana, Florida, born 1943)
NAME: Lone Wolf
YEAR: 1982
MEDIUM: watercolor and acrylic on board
CONDITION: Excellent. No visible inpaint under UV light.
SIGHT SIZE: 14 x 11 inches / 35 x 27 cm
BOARD SIZE: 19 x 18 inches / 48 x 45 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
NOTE: This painting appeared on the Fleetwood Lone Wolf Commemorative Cover postmarked February 26, 1982. Guipago, or Lone Wolf, was one of the signers of the Medicine Lodge Treaty which placed the Kiowas on a reservation in Indian Territory, but he found it difficult to abandon buffalo hunting for farming. After the Army imprisoned Satanta in 1871 for raiding in Texas, Lone Wolf became the leading Kiowa chief. Lone Wolf informed the U.S. commissioners that Satanta's presence on the reservation was necessary to keep the peace, and in this way he obtained Satanta's release from prison. Lone Wolf's inclination toward peace ended in 1873 when his son was killed by Texans while returning from a traditional horse-stealing expedition into Mexico. Swearing to avenge the young man's death, Lone Wolf rode in search of his body, and thereafter initiated many of the raids that brought on the Red River War of 1874-75. He joined Quanah Parker in attacking buffalo hunters at Adobe Walls, June 27, 1874, and then joined the Comanches in the Palo Duro Canyon stronghold. On September 26, 1874, Ronald Mackenzie drove the Indians out of the Palo Duro, destroying their winter supplies and 1,400 of their horses. On February 25, 1875, Lone Wolf brought the remnants of his starving followers into Fort Sill and surrendered. With 25 other Kiowas he was sent on May 1 to Fort Marion, Florida. Three years later, ill with malaria, he was allowed to return to the Kiowa reservation. There he died in 1879.
PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.
CATEGORY: antique vintage painting
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BIOGRAPHY:
Hodges Soileau is a native of southwest Louisiana. The "Cajun accent is all but gone from living in different parts of the country for so many years, but his cultural ties are strong and deep. Hodges left Louisiana after graduation from the University of Southwestern University in pursuit of his art. That journey took him first to Texas and then to Connecticut. He had a successful illustration career that lasted twenty five years. His art graced the covers of more than three-hundred book covers. He worked for most of the major publishing houses in New York. Hodges was a twenty-three year member of the prestigious Society of Illustrators in New York. During this time, he received many citations of merit for work exhibited in annual shows. He was selected to do the painting for the twenty ninth call for entries and chaired the thirty fifth annual exhibition. After twenty-five years of executing ideas and concepts of others, he now paints subjects that are of interest to him. Hodges has had five one-man shows, and has participated in numerous group shows. Most recently; first place in the T.S.A.A. juried exhibition in Tarpon Springs 1997, the Artist Magazine 2001 Art Competition Finalist, the Artist Magazine 2002 Art Competition finalist. His work hangs in private collections as well as the United States Air Force and U. S. Coast Guard permanent collections. The permanent collection of Golf Digest Magazine includes several of his paintings. Hodges is a member of the Oil Painters of AmericaHe does most of his work in a studio, but he manages to get outdoors once a week with a few artist friends to paint field sketches. He finds Plein Air painting personally beneficial and essential to his growth of as an artist. At the very least, he thinks it is loads of fun and plans to continue to paint outdoors as often as he can get out, whether it be Florida or Maine, where he spends a month each summer. Hodges and his wife, Marilyn, presently reside in Venice, Florida.