The following article by Shari Morrison, submitted by Debrianna Mansini, was written for publication in Western Art & Architecture, April/May 2013. Ernest Chiriacka (1913-2010). If the name Ernest... Read full biography
The following article by Shari Morrison, submitted by Debrianna Mansini, was written for publication in Western Art & Architecture, April/May 2013. Ernest Chiriacka (1913-2010). If the name Ernest Chiriacka (1913-2010) isn't familiar to you as a leading Western artist, there's reason for that. It... Read full biography
The following article by Shari Morrison, submitted by Debrianna Mansini, was written for publication in Western Art & Architecture, April/May 2013. Ernest Chiriacka (1913-2010). If the name Ernest Chiriacka (1913-2010) isn't familiar to you as a leading Western artist, there's reason for that. It isn't that he wasn't trained at the best art schools in America, for he studied at the venerable Art Students League and at the equally prestigious National Academy of Design. For four years he studied... Read full biography
The following article by Shari Morrison, submitted by Debrianna Mansini, was written for publication in Western Art & Architecture, April/May 2013. Ernest Chiriacka (1913-2010). If the name Ernest Chiriacka (1913-2010) isn't familiar to you as a leading Western artist, there's reason for that. It isn't that he wasn't trained at the best art schools in America, for he studied at the venerable Art Students League and at the equally prestigious National Academy of Design. For four years he studied under Harvey Dunn, a protégé of Howard Pyle, at the Grand Central School of Art. As a young lad Chiriacka would draw with anything he could find, charcoal from the fire, pieces of sheet rock that he could use like chalk on sidewalks. By the time he... Read full biography
The following article by Shari Morrison, submitted by Debrianna Mansini, was written for publication in Western Art & Architecture, April/May 2013. Ernest Chiriacka (1913-2010). If the name Ernest Chiriacka (1913-2010) isn't familiar to you as a leading Western artist, there's reason for that. It isn't that he wasn't trained at the best art schools in America, for he studied at the venerable Art Students League and at the equally prestigious National Academy of Design. For four years he studied under Harvey Dunn, a protégé of Howard Pyle, at the Grand Central School of Art. As a young lad Chiriacka would draw with anything he could find, charcoal from the fire, pieces of sheet rock that he could use like chalk on sidewalks. By the time he was a teenager he was known as the "Rembrandt of Third Avenue.". With a natural talent for drawing, Chiriacka would... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (7)
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
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
American Illustrator Art Official Price Guide
1991
Gilbert Anne
1,991 pages (color)
Collecting the West The C R Smith Collection of Western American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Saunders, Richard H
211 pages (color)
Contemporary Western Artists
1982
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
608 pages (color)
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West