The Watchers Dakota Indians
Type:Painting
Size:14.70" x 19.70" x 3.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Nick Eggenhofer ART FOR SALE
1897 Gauting, Bavaria - 1985 Cody, Wyoming. Known for: Western illustration, frontier painting.
Born in Gauting, Bavaria, Nick Eggenhofer became a painter of the romance of the American West with its cowboys and Indians. He has a reputation for historical accuracy from careful research and also... Read full biography
Born in Gauting, Bavaria, Nick Eggenhofer became a painter of the romance of the American West with its cowboys and Indians. He has a reputation for historical accuracy from careful research and also as an authority about frontier western transportation. He was first exposed to the lore of the... Read full biography
Born in Gauting, Bavaria, Nick Eggenhofer became a painter of the romance of the American West with its cowboys and Indians. He has a reputation for historical accuracy from careful research and also as an authority about frontier western transportation. He was first exposed to the lore of the American West by hearing about Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Germany from older relatives who had seen performances. American western movies continued to stir the interest. In 1913, at the age of... Read full biography
Born in Gauting, Bavaria, Nick Eggenhofer became a painter of the romance of the American West with its cowboys and Indians. He has a reputation for historical accuracy from careful research and also as an authority about frontier western transportation. He was first exposed to the lore of the American West by hearing about Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Germany from older relatives who had seen performances. American western movies continued to stir the interest. In 1913, at the age of sixteen, he came to America with his family from Germany, and three years later he enrolled in night art classes at Cooper Union in New York, something he did for four years. During the day he studied lithography at the American Lithography Company, a... Read full biography
Born in Gauting, Bavaria, Nick Eggenhofer became a painter of the romance of the American West with its cowboys and Indians. He has a reputation for historical accuracy from careful research and also as an authority about frontier western transportation. He was first exposed to the lore of the American West by hearing about Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Germany from older relatives who had seen performances. American western movies continued to stir the interest. In 1913, at the age of sixteen, he came to America with his family from Germany, and three years later he enrolled in night art classes at Cooper Union in New York, something he did for four years. During the day he studied lithography at the American Lithography Company, a place that trained many successful artists. He established an illustration studio in New Jersey and made a living as a co... Read full biography
Nick Eggenhofer - Art for Sale (4 available)
Medicine Man
Type:Painting
Year:1967
Size:12.00" x 9.00"
Medium:Watercolor
Signed:Signed and Dated
The Freighter
Type:Painting
Year:1975
Size:10.13" x 29.63"
Medium:Gouache
Signed:Signed
Custer's Last Stand
Type:Painting
Size:22.00" x 30.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
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