A talented and successful painter, who settled in Sonoita, Arizona, Duane was raised in Virginia, Minnesota, Iron Range country, where one of his early paintings was a commissioned mural depicting... Read full biography
A talented and successful painter, who settled in Sonoita, Arizona, Duane was raised in Virginia, Minnesota, Iron Range country, where one of his early paintings was a commissioned mural depicting the history of the mining industry of that area. He took the $3000. he earned from that project and... Read full biography
A talented and successful painter, who settled in Sonoita, Arizona, Duane was raised in Virginia, Minnesota, Iron Range country, where one of his early paintings was a commissioned mural depicting the history of the mining industry of that area. He took the $3000. he earned from that project and went to New York City, where he did not achieve the quick success he expected but won a poster contest of the Museum of Modern Art. Later he served in the Air Force and started a comic strip called... Read full biography
A talented and successful painter, who settled in Sonoita, Arizona, Duane was raised in Virginia, Minnesota, Iron Range country, where one of his early paintings was a commissioned mural depicting the history of the mining industry of that area. He took the $3000. he earned from that project and went to New York City, where he did not achieve the quick success he expected but won a poster contest of the Museum of Modern Art. Later he served in the Air Force and started a comic strip called "Cokey" for the base newspaper, and it was eventually syndicated. Following his discharge, he stayed with commercial art for awhile and then after moving to Tucson, Arizona, he became interested in painting the western scenes that subsequently made him... Read full biography
A talented and successful painter, who settled in Sonoita, Arizona, Duane was raised in Virginia, Minnesota, Iron Range country, where one of his early paintings was a commissioned mural depicting the history of the mining industry of that area. He took the $3000. he earned from that project and went to New York City, where he did not achieve the quick success he expected but won a poster contest of the Museum of Modern Art. Later he served in the Air Force and started a comic strip called "Cokey" for the base newspaper, and it was eventually syndicated. Following his discharge, he stayed with commercial art for awhile and then after moving to Tucson, Arizona, he became interested in painting the western scenes that subsequently made him famous. He won the 1997 Prix de West Purchase and Buyers' Choice Award at the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City.... Read full biography
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About Duane Bryers: Books
Books & Publications (24)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
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
Art for the New Collector 1840-2001 (Exhibition catalog)
2002
Spanierman Gallery
48 pages (color)
Art of the West Guidebook of Western Artists 2001 Edition
2001
Editors, Art of the West
88 pages (color)
The Great American West
2000
Editor, Settlers West
0 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 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)
The Tucson 7 (Exhibition catalog)
1997
Sherman, Tisa (others)
64 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
Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art
1993
Southwest Art
64 pages
National Academy of Western Art Twentieth Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1992
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
158 pages (color)
American Western Art
1989
Rockwell Museum
84 pages (color)
National Academy of Western Art Fourteenth Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1986
National Academy Western Art
112 pages (color)
National Academy of Western Art Twelfth Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1984
National Academy Western Art
98 pages (color)
The 3M Collection of Contemporary Western Art Eleventh Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1983
National Academy of Western Art
0 pages (color)
Contemporary Western Artists
1982
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
608 pages (color)
National Academy of Western Art Ninth Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Krakel, Dean (Intro)
0 pages (color)
National Academy of Western Art Eighth Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1980
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
96 pages (color)
National Academy of Western Art Sixth Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1978
National Academy Western Art
80 pages (color)
Stamford Art Foundation Exhibit and Sale, 1975 John Selmon Memorial Gallery (Exhibition catalog)