About Lori "Pop Wea" Tanner
Lori "Pop Wea" Tanner was an American painter.
Pop Wea, also known as Lori Tanner, Lorie Tanner, Lo Ree Tanner, Lo Rie Tanner, Loree Tanner and Lo Rei Tanner (died 1966), was a Native American artist associated with the Taos Pueblo. She was a painter and potter. Pop Wea is listed in the Biographical Directory of Native American Painters, and in American Indian Painters: a Biographical Directory. Her work has been described as dramatic and non-traditional, for example her work Buffalo in snow. Her paintings were sometimes executed in a "three dimensional style."
Pop Wea's work was exhibited in 1962 at the Museum of Northern Arizona, and at the Heard Museum in 1967. Pop Wea's reputation as an artist was established in 1963 following an exhibition in Gallup, New Mexico; she unexpectedly died three years later. Her work is included in several private collections.
Personal life Pop Wea was the niece of another Taos Pueblo artist, Pop Chalee.
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Who was Lori "Pop Wea" Tanner?
Native American potter and painter
When did Lori "Pop Wea" Tanner die?
Lori "Pop Wea" Tanner died in 1966.
What was Lori "Pop Wea" Tanner's occupation?
Lori "Pop Wea" Tanner was a painter.
What nationality was Lori "Pop Wea" Tanner?
Lori "Pop Wea" Tanner was American.
Sources & further reading
· Wikipedia: Lori "Pop Wea" Tanner
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Lori "Pop Wea" Tanner. https://biography.guide/lori-pop-wea-tanner/
MLA: "Lori "Pop Wea" Tanner." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/lori-pop-wea-tanner/.
Chicago: "Lori "Pop Wea" Tanner." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/lori-pop-wea-tanner/.
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