The Mirage
Type:Painting
Year:1947
Size:22.50" x 30.25"
Medium:Tempera
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
Appeared in “Water in the Southwest,” Life Magazine, August 18, 1947, p 77
Peter Hurd ART FOR SALE
1904 Roswell, New Mexico - 1984 Roswell, New Mexico. Known for: Western landscape, genre and portrait painting, etching.
A regionalist painter known for his landscape, figure and genre paintings of New Mexico, Peter Hurd was especially focused on capturing light and atmosphere. His preferred medium was tempera on gesso... Read full biography
A regionalist painter known for his landscape, figure and genre paintings of New Mexico, Peter Hurd was especially focused on capturing light and atmosphere. His preferred medium was tempera on gesso panel, and many of his works depict the panoramic views he saw from his beloved ranch land as well... Read full biography
A regionalist painter known for his landscape, figure and genre paintings of New Mexico, Peter Hurd was especially focused on capturing light and atmosphere. His preferred medium was tempera on gesso panel, and many of his works depict the panoramic views he saw from his beloved ranch land as well as the people with whom he was most familiar---Indians, Mexicans, and Caucasians. He was also a muralist and did many lithographs and watercolors. Hurd was born in Roswell, New Mexico on February 22,... Read full biography
A regionalist painter known for his landscape, figure and genre paintings of New Mexico, Peter Hurd was especially focused on capturing light and atmosphere. His preferred medium was tempera on gesso panel, and many of his works depict the panoramic views he saw from his beloved ranch land as well as the people with whom he was most familiar---Indians, Mexicans, and Caucasians. He was also a muralist and did many lithographs and watercolors. Hurd was born in Roswell, New Mexico on February 22, 1904 as Harold Hurd, Jr. Called Pete from his early days on, he legally changed his name to Peter in his early twenties. In 1921, he enrolled as a student at West Point Military Academy in New York state. Selling a painting to a supervisor, he felt... Read full biography
A regionalist painter known for his landscape, figure and genre paintings of New Mexico, Peter Hurd was especially focused on capturing light and atmosphere. His preferred medium was tempera on gesso panel, and many of his works depict the panoramic views he saw from his beloved ranch land as well as the people with whom he was most familiar---Indians, Mexicans, and Caucasians. He was also a muralist and did many lithographs and watercolors. Hurd was born in Roswell, New Mexico on February 22, 1904 as Harold Hurd, Jr. Called Pete from his early days on, he legally changed his name to Peter in his early twenties. In 1921, he enrolled as a student at West Point Military Academy in New York state. Selling a painting to a supervisor, he felt encouraged to become an artist instead of a military career man. In 1924, he enrolled in the Pennsylvan... Read full biography
Peter Hurd - Art for Sale (5 available)
Polo Tournament at Fort Bliss, Texas
Type:Painting
Year:1948
Size:21.00" x 28.00"
Medium:Watercolor
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
Artist indicated "Polo Tournament at Fort Bliss/ San Patricio vs Juarez."
Home for Supper
Type:Print
Size:7.50" x 10.50"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Lower Right
The Eve of St. John
Type:Painting
Size:24.00" x 48.00"
Medium:Tempera
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
SOLD FOR A WORLD-RECORD $157,300 AT THE COEUR D'ALENE ART AUCTION-RENO! Now taking consignments for our auctions. For more information, please call 208 772-9009 or www.cdaartauction.com
Dona Nestorita
Type:Print
Year:1942
Size:13.00" x 10.80"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Signed
Notes:
Signed and titled.