Born in Canon City, Colorado, Charlie Dye became a painter of western genre inspired by the painting of Charles Russell. From childhood, he was a sketcher, but it wasn't until a horse fell on him... Read full biography
Born in Canon City, Colorado, Charlie Dye became a painter of western genre inspired by the painting of Charles Russell. From childhood, he was a sketcher, but it wasn't until a horse fell on him that he considered art as a career. In the hospital recovering from his injuries, he saw reproductions... Read full biography
Born in Canon City, Colorado, Charlie Dye became a painter of western genre inspired by the painting of Charles Russell. From childhood, he was a sketcher, but it wasn't until a horse fell on him that he considered art as a career. In the hospital recovering from his injuries, he saw reproductions of Russell's paintings in a magazine, and that exposure set his career of portraying the lives of cattlemen. Charlie Dye worked as a cowboy in Colorado, Arizona, and California until he was 21 and... Read full biography
Born in Canon City, Colorado, Charlie Dye became a painter of western genre inspired by the painting of Charles Russell. From childhood, he was a sketcher, but it wasn't until a horse fell on him that he considered art as a career. In the hospital recovering from his injuries, he saw reproductions of Russell's paintings in a magazine, and that exposure set his career of portraying the lives of cattlemen. Charlie Dye worked as a cowboy in Colorado, Arizona, and California until he was 21 and then enrolled in Chicago at the Art Institute and the American Academy. In 1936, he moved to New York City to work as a magazine illustrator and took lessons from Harvey Dunn, known as a great illustrator. He also worked with Felix Schmidt in a... Read full biography
Born in Canon City, Colorado, Charlie Dye became a painter of western genre inspired by the painting of Charles Russell. From childhood, he was a sketcher, but it wasn't until a horse fell on him that he considered art as a career. In the hospital recovering from his injuries, he saw reproductions of Russell's paintings in a magazine, and that exposure set his career of portraying the lives of cattlemen. Charlie Dye worked as a cowboy in Colorado, Arizona, and California until he was 21 and then enrolled in Chicago at the Art Institute and the American Academy. In 1936, he moved to New York City to work as a magazine illustrator and took lessons from Harvey Dunn, known as a great illustrator. He also worked with Felix Schmidt in a commercial studio. Dye was a successful illustrator in New York, doing assignments for Saturday Evening Po... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (30)
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The American West Reimagined: Gems from the Coeur d'Alene Art Auction
2021
Peterson, Dr. Larry Len
528 pages (color)
Robert Lougheed Follow the Sun
2010
Hedgpeth, Don
360 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Cowboy Artists of America
2002
Duty, Michael; Don Hedgpeth
216 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Master Pieces The Art History of Jigsaw Puzzles
1998
McCann, Chris (Author); Louis Darling (Illustrator)
223 pages (color)
Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art
1997
Southwest Art
128 pages
Covers of the Saturday Evening Post Seventy Years of Outstanding Illustration
1995
Cohn, Jan
298 pages (color)
The Red Book Western American Price Index
1993
Southwest Art
126 pages
Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art
1993
Southwest Art
64 pages
American Western Art
1989
Rockwell Museum
84 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Visions West The Story of Cowboy Artists of America Museum
1983
Dedera, Don
84 pages (color)
Frontier Spirit: William Foxley Collection Museum of Western Art
1983
Foxley, William
200 pages (color)
A Western American Vision of Art, History and Work Francis King Collection
1982
Dobbs, Joanne; Jerry A. Schefcik
52 pages (color)
Treasures of the American West Harrison Eiteljorg Collection
1981
Eiteljorg, Harrison
172 pages (color)
The Cowboy (Exhibition catalog)
1981
San Diego Museum of Art
89 pages (color)
Western Masters: A Comprehensive Exhibition Petersen Galleries (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Stern, Jean
124 pages (color)
The Art of Trailside Galleries
1981
Trailside Galleries
88 pages (color)
Charlie Dye One Helluva Western Painter
1981
Weaver, Paul
135 pages (color)
Ten Years with the Cowboy Artist A Complete History (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Howard, James K
213 pages
Selections from the Collection Mr & Mrs Fred T Hogan (Exhibition catalog)
1974
Museum of Texas Tech Univ
60 pages (color)
The Southwest The Land and the People (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Phoenix Art Museum
40 pages
Cowboy Artists of America Sixth Annual Exhibition 1971 (Exhibition catalog)
1971
Cowboy Artists Of America
40 pages (color)
Harmsen's Western Americana
1971
Harmsen, Dorothy
212 pages (color)
The Cowboy in Art
1968
Ainsworth, Ed; John Wayne (Foreward)
242 pages (color)
Cowboy Artists of America Third Annual Exhibit (Exhibition catalog)
1968
Krakel, Dean (Introduction)
16 pages
Grand Central Art Galleries, Inc 1965 Year Book (Exhibition catalog)