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Harland Young BIOGRAPHY
1924 Neosho, Missouri - 2015 Phoenix, Arizona. Known for: Western subject painting and sculpture-portrait, horse genre.
Harland Young is a painter and sculptor whose work reflects his love of the American West. Young was born in 1924 in the Ozark mountain town of Neosho, Missouri, but he grew up on a horse and cattle... Read full biography
Harland Young is a painter and sculptor whose work reflects his love of the American West. Young was born in 1924 in the Ozark mountain town of Neosho, Missouri, but he grew up on a horse and cattle ranch in California. Thus began his intense admiration for animals and the outdoors. Except for his... Read full biography
Harland Young is a painter and sculptor whose work reflects his love of the American West. Young was born in 1924 in the Ozark mountain town of Neosho, Missouri, but he grew up on a horse and cattle ranch in California. Thus began his intense admiration for animals and the outdoors. Except for his period of service with the Air Corps in World War II, his entire life has been devoted to his art and his horses. He attended the Art Center College in Los Angeles and graduated in 1951 with a... Read full biography
Harland Young is a painter and sculptor whose work reflects his love of the American West. Young was born in 1924 in the Ozark mountain town of Neosho, Missouri, but he grew up on a horse and cattle ranch in California. Thus began his intense admiration for animals and the outdoors. Except for his period of service with the Air Corps in World War II, his entire life has been devoted to his art and his horses. He attended the Art Center College in Los Angeles and graduated in 1951 with a Bachelor's of Fine Art degree. He then worked for eleven years as a commercial illustrator for an ad agency. In 1956 he opened his first studio. From 1966 to 1971, Young participated in the Laguna Festival of Art, and in 1968 he became a member of the... Read full biography
Harland Young is a painter and sculptor whose work reflects his love of the American West. Young was born in 1924 in the Ozark mountain town of Neosho, Missouri, but he grew up on a horse and cattle ranch in California. Thus began his intense admiration for animals and the outdoors. Except for his period of service with the Air Corps in World War II, his entire life has been devoted to his art and his horses. He attended the Art Center College in Los Angeles and graduated in 1951 with a Bachelor's of Fine Art degree. He then worked for eleven years as a commercial illustrator for an ad agency. In 1956 he opened his first studio. From 1966 to 1971, Young participated in the Laguna Festival of Art, and in 1968 he became a member of the Laguna Beach Artists Association and the Greater Los Angeles Press Club. The highlight of his career occur... Read full biography
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Harland Young is a painter and sculptor whose work reflects his love of the American West.
Young was born in 1924 in the Ozark mountain town of Neosho, Missouri, but he grew up on a horse and cattle ranch in California. Thus began his intense admiration for animals and the outdoors. Except for his period of service with the Air Corps in World War II, his entire life has been devoted to his art and his horses.
He attended the Art Center College in Los Angeles and graduated in 1951 with a Bachelor's of Fine Art degree. He then worked for eleven years as a commercial illustrator for an ad agency. In 1956 he opened his first studio.
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