About Joe Beeler

  • Biography

    A founding member of the Cowboy Artists of America*, Joe Beeler was a pioneer in contemporary western art and is accomplished in both painting and bronzes. At annual exhibitions of the CAA, Beeler earned numerous Sculpture Awards: Silver, 2000; Gold 1993; Gold and Silver, 1990; Silver 1973; and Gold, 1971, 1969, and 1967. In 2001, he received the CAA Special Lifetime Achievement Award.

    He was born on Christmas Day, 1931 in Joplin, Missouri and was early recognized as having art talent. He was raised in Oklahoma and Missouri and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Kansas State Teachers College and continued studies at the Art Center School in Los Angeles.

    He served in the Korean War and taugh...

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