Question

when you create art, whether youre painting, writing, making music, or dancing, theres always a bit of your identity present in that art. so, what if you were told that your art wasnt \you\ enough? thats just what happened to oscar howe in 1958, leaving him angry and confused. he wondered, how could the judges reject my painting from the national indian painting competition? he stared at their letter of explanation, which claimed that the called war and peace i painting he had submitted, judges called his creatic poem ontraditional.\ the ting—but not indian.

Explanation:

Oscar Howe's painting was rejected from the National Indian Painting Competition in 1958 because judges said it was creative but not Indian - enough, highlighting a tension between personal artistic expression and cultural expectations in art.

Answer:

Oscar Howe's painting "War and Peace I" was rejected from the National Indian Painting Competition in 1958 as judges deemed it creative but not Indian - traditional enough.