Sherman Chaddlesone

Sherman Terrance Chaddlesone (2 June 1947 – 17 August 2013) was a Kiowa Indian painter from Anadarko, Oklahoma who played a pivotal role in mid-20th century Native American art.

Chaddlesone was born in Lawton, Oklahoma, son of John Wesley and Alice Toppah (Yellowhair) Chaddlesone. He grew up in the Wichita Mountains area, around Saddle Mountain, Oklahoma. He was a direct descendant of the great Indian war chief Satanta, also known as White Bear.

Chaddlesone was educated at The Institute of Indian Affairs and Art High School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and the Institute of American Indian and Alaskan Native Culture and Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico. While at the institute, Chaddleson took classes with notable figures such as Allan Houser and Fritz Scholder. He also attended Central State University in Edmond, Oklahoma, where he undertook post-graduate work. His earliest art training began at home where his father taught him basic anatomy, portraiture and pencil and charcoal sketching. He was a muralist, sculptor and painter, who began his artistic career actively and professionally in late 1982. While studying at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Chaddlesone met his wife, Allie.

Chaddlesone had a number of occupations including teacher, workshop director and Administrative Manager for the Kalispel, Washington Indian Reservation. He took up painting and sculpturing full-time after 1982.:100 He is considered one of the more important of Oklahoma's traditional artists. His paintings and prints are crafted in watercolor, acrylic and pastel. He also works as a sculptor in stone and bronze.

Chaddlesone was a veteran of the Vietnam War.

He was commissioned to paint a mural in The Kiowa Tribal Complex in Carnegie, Oklahoma, along with artists Mirac Creepingbear and Parker Boyiddle, Jr..:100 The ten-panel mural depicts the history of the Kiowa tribe from its original home in the Yellowstone territory to its establishment in the Great Plains region of the United States.

Chaddlesone died 17 August 2013 at home in Anadarko, Oklahoma after a short illness.