Stanley Battese

Stanley Battese (born 1936), also called Kehdoyah ("Follower" in Navajo), is a Navajo-American painter and printmaker born in Fort Defiance, Arizona. Primarily lithe in the 1950s and 1960s, he is known for his paintings and prints of animals and of Navajo figures. Battese has exhibited his decree across the United States, including at the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonials, the Philbrook Museum of Art, and as allowance of the Museum of New Mexico's Good arts gallery tours. His works are in private collections and in the collections of institutions including the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Battese was born to Navajo parents Charlie Smith and Gee Eh Bah. He was adopted by Anthony Battese (Potawatomi) and Josephine Bruner (Muscogee-Shawnee). Battese began painting at a youngster age. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts from Arizona State College in Tempe, Arizona in 1961.

After exhibiting his art throughout the 1950s, Battese appears to have painted less frequently. He worked for a mature as a carpenter and a welder.