Recognized as a marine painter, Christopher Blossom later added western landscapes to his repertoire and in 1989 was invited to show with the National Academy of Western Art at the Cowboy Hall of... Read full biography
Recognized as a marine painter, Christopher Blossom later added western landscapes to his repertoire and in 1989 was invited to show with the National Academy of Western Art at the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. In 1992, he became a NAWA member. He followed in the footsteps of both his... Read full biography
Recognized as a marine painter, Christopher Blossom later added western landscapes to his repertoire and in 1989 was invited to show with the National Academy of Western Art at the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. In 1992, he became a NAWA member. He followed in the footsteps of both his father, Earl, and grandfather, David, by becoming a commercial artist. He studied illustration at the Parsons School of Design in New York and worked in an industrial design studio, learning to interpret... Read full biography
Recognized as a marine painter, Christopher Blossom later added western landscapes to his repertoire and in 1989 was invited to show with the National Academy of Western Art at the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. In 1992, he became a NAWA member. He followed in the footsteps of both his father, Earl, and grandfather, David, by becoming a commercial artist. He studied illustration at the Parsons School of Design in New York and worked in an industrial design studio, learning to interpret blueprints, which has served him well when studying old ships. He worked as a freelance illustrator of books and magazines but wanted out of New York: "I went crazy with all the tall buildings in New York" (Art of the West 11/98). In the late 1970s,... Read full biography
Recognized as a marine painter, Christopher Blossom later added western landscapes to his repertoire and in 1989 was invited to show with the National Academy of Western Art at the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. In 1992, he became a NAWA member. He followed in the footsteps of both his father, Earl, and grandfather, David, by becoming a commercial artist. He studied illustration at the Parsons School of Design in New York and worked in an industrial design studio, learning to interpret blueprints, which has served him well when studying old ships. He worked as a freelance illustrator of books and magazines but wanted out of New York: "I went crazy with all the tall buildings in New York" (Art of the West 11/98). In the late 1970s, he turned from illustration to marine painting and focused on integrity of historical aspects of that subject. He became a charter membe... Read full biography
Christopher Blossom - Artist Info
About Christopher Blossom: Books
Books & Publications (18)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Patrons Without Peer The McCloy Collection
2009
Davis, Tom
240 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
From Sea to Shining Sea (Exhibition catalog)
2004
Haggin Museum of Art
104 pages (color)
Prix de West 30th Anniversary 2003 (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Schroeder, Charles (Intro)
204 pages (color)
Christopher Blossom: Premier Maritime Artist
2002
Blossom, Christopher
80 pages (color)
Art of the West Guidebook of Western Artists 2001 Edition
2001
Editors, Art of the West
88 pages (color)
The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators
2001
Reed, Walt
452 pages (color)
The Great American West
2000
Editor, Settlers West
0 pages
Artists of America (Exhibition catalog)
1998
Bacon, Todd, Message for Denver Rotary Club
108 pages (color)
Artists of America Seventeenth Annual (Exhibition catalog)
1997
Denver Rotary Club
92 pages (color)
Prix de West Invitational 1997 (Exhibition catalog)
1997
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
194 pages (color)
Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art
1997
Southwest Art
128 pages
Prix de West Invitational 1996 (Exhibition catalog)
1996
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
192 pages (color)
The Red Book Western American Price Index
1993
Southwest Art
126 pages
National Academy of Western Art Twentieth Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1992
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
158 pages (color)
Artists of America Tenth Annual (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Denver Rotary Club
160 pages (color)
Artists of America Eighth Annual (Exhibition catalog)