Elmer L. Boone, a painter of southwestern landscapes and Mexican subjects in Texas, Arizona and Mexico, was born in Joplin, Missouri, in 1883. From 1925, he painted primarily in New Mexico and... Read full biography
Elmer L. Boone, a painter of southwestern landscapes and Mexican subjects in Texas, Arizona and Mexico, was born in Joplin, Missouri, in 1883. From 1925, he painted primarily in New Mexico and Arizona. The artist died in El Paso, Texas in 1952, after returning from a painting trip to Arizona's Oak... Read full biography
Elmer L. Boone, a painter of southwestern landscapes and Mexican subjects in Texas, Arizona and Mexico, was born in Joplin, Missouri, in 1883. From 1925, he painted primarily in New Mexico and Arizona. The artist died in El Paso, Texas in 1952, after returning from a painting trip to Arizona's Oak Creek Canyon, in Sedona. He was buried in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Boone studied in Chicago, Illinois, at the Smith School of Art, and the Art Institute. He eventually moved to El Paso in 1927 because... Read full biography
Elmer L. Boone, a painter of southwestern landscapes and Mexican subjects in Texas, Arizona and Mexico, was born in Joplin, Missouri, in 1883. From 1925, he painted primarily in New Mexico and Arizona. The artist died in El Paso, Texas in 1952, after returning from a painting trip to Arizona's Oak Creek Canyon, in Sedona. He was buried in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Boone studied in Chicago, Illinois, at the Smith School of Art, and the Art Institute. He eventually moved to El Paso in 1927 because of poor health, after a period painting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and with famed cowboy artist Charles M. Russell in Montana. It is possible he had painting instruction from Russell. In El Paso, Boone was a founder of the art exhibition that was... Read full biography
Elmer L. Boone, a painter of southwestern landscapes and Mexican subjects in Texas, Arizona and Mexico, was born in Joplin, Missouri, in 1883. From 1925, he painted primarily in New Mexico and Arizona. The artist died in El Paso, Texas in 1952, after returning from a painting trip to Arizona's Oak Creek Canyon, in Sedona. He was buried in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Boone studied in Chicago, Illinois, at the Smith School of Art, and the Art Institute. He eventually moved to El Paso in 1927 because of poor health, after a period painting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and with famed cowboy artist Charles M. Russell in Montana. It is possible he had painting instruction from Russell. In El Paso, Boone was a founder of the art exhibition that was part of the annual Sun Carnival there. He earned his living by commercial art from his studio in... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (8)
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
Texas Painters, Sculptors & Graphic Artists A Biographical Dictionary of Artists in Texas Before 1942
2000
Powers, John & Deborah; Ron Tyler, Foreward
606 pages
Dictionary of Texas Artists, 1800-1945
1999
Grauer, Paula and Michael R.
240 pages (color)
Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985
Dawdy, Doris
1,184 pages
Early El Paso Artists (El Paso Centennial Museum)
1983
Price, Carol Ann; Nancy Hamilton (Intro)
115 pages (color)
Paintings from the McKee Foundation (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Phoenix Art Museum
36 pages (color)
The McKee Collection of Paintings (Exhibition catalog)