Obituary. The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona June 27, 2018. Cynthia Margaret Rigden passed away on June 5, 2018, from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). She was born in Prescott, Arizona, on... Read full biography
Obituary. The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona June 27, 2018. Cynthia Margaret Rigden passed away on June 5, 2018, from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). She was born in Prescott, Arizona, on Sept. 28, 1943, to John Thomas Rigden and Margaret Kester Hays Rigden. She grew up on the Rigden Ranch... Read full biography
Obituary. The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona June 27, 2018. Cynthia Margaret Rigden passed away on June 5, 2018, from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). She was born in Prescott, Arizona, on Sept. 28, 1943, to John Thomas Rigden and Margaret Kester Hays Rigden. She grew up on the Rigden Ranch in Kirkland where she resided until her death. Cynthia was a third-generation cattle rancher and artist. She attended Peeples Valley and Kirkland Elementary Schools and graduated from Prescott High... Read full biography
Obituary. The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona June 27, 2018. Cynthia Margaret Rigden passed away on June 5, 2018, from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). She was born in Prescott, Arizona, on Sept. 28, 1943, to John Thomas Rigden and Margaret Kester Hays Rigden. She grew up on the Rigden Ranch in Kirkland where she resided until her death. Cynthia was a third-generation cattle rancher and artist. She attended Peeples Valley and Kirkland Elementary Schools and graduated from Prescott High School in 1960. She then attended Arizona State University, majoring in art and agriculture. After Cynthia’s father lost his eyesight from diabetes, she left college to return home to help run the ranch. While living on her family’s cattle ranch,... Read full biography
Obituary. The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona June 27, 2018. Cynthia Margaret Rigden passed away on June 5, 2018, from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). She was born in Prescott, Arizona, on Sept. 28, 1943, to John Thomas Rigden and Margaret Kester Hays Rigden. She grew up on the Rigden Ranch in Kirkland where she resided until her death. Cynthia was a third-generation cattle rancher and artist. She attended Peeples Valley and Kirkland Elementary Schools and graduated from Prescott High School in 1960. She then attended Arizona State University, majoring in art and agriculture. After Cynthia’s father lost his eyesight from diabetes, she left college to return home to help run the ranch. While living on her family’s cattle ranch, Cynthia pursued her artistic career, becoming well-known nationally and internationally for her paintings... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (17)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The West Select (Phoenix Art Museum) (Exhibition catalog)
2012
Editor, Men's Arts Council, Phoenix Art Museum
94 pages (color)
Cowgirl Up! Art from the Other Half of the West Desert Caballeros Western Museum Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
2006
McGarry, Susan Hallsten (Essay)
68 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Prix de West 30th Anniversary 2003 (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Schroeder, Charles (Intro)
204 pages (color)
Art of the West Guidebook of Western Artists 2001 Edition
2001
Editors, Art of the West
88 pages (color)
An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West
1998
Kovinick, Phil; Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick
405 pages
Mountain Oyster 28th Annual Contemporary Western Art Show (Exhibition catalog)
1997
Mountain Oyster Club
56 pages
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)
American Women Artists & the West Show and Sale Tucson Museum of Art (Exhibition catalog)
1994
Carman, Shari; Robert Yassin
32 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
The Texas Cowboy Texas Cowboy Artists Association
1986
Worcester, Donald
136 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present