Terry Saul

Chief Carl Terry Saul (1921–1976) also known as C. Terry Saul and Tabaksi, was a Choctaw Nation/Chickasaw illustrator, painter, muralist, commercial artist, and educator. He was a leader of the Choctaw/Chickasaw tribe. He served as Director of the art program at Bacone College in Muskogee, Oklahoma, from 1970 until 1976.

Biography Saul was a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. He attended Bacone College, and Woody Crumbo.

He served in the United States Army during World War II. After the war, Saul continued his studies at University of Oklahoma, Norman (OU), where he received a BFA degree (1948) and MFA degree (1949); and at the Art Students League of New York, from 1951 to 1952.

In 1960, he lived in Bartlesville, Oklahoma and in addition to painting, Saul worked at the Phillips Petroleum Company. He is known for his watercolor paintings, and casein paintings depicting Plains Tribes heritage and ceremonies.

His artwork is in museum collections, including the Gilcrease Museum, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, and the Philbrook Museum of Art.

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