George Dick was a wildlife and Western painter and sculptor, sometimes painting in an Impressionist style. Often, he strove to subdue or eliminate the backgrounds of his work. His favorite subjects... Read full biography
George Dick was a wildlife and Western painter and sculptor, sometimes painting in an Impressionist style. Often, he strove to subdue or eliminate the backgrounds of his work. His favorite subjects included cow ponies, quarter horses, racehorses, game, and wild fowl. Dick graduated from Wentworth... Read full biography
George Dick was a wildlife and Western painter and sculptor, sometimes painting in an Impressionist style. Often, he strove to subdue or eliminate the backgrounds of his work. His favorite subjects included cow ponies, quarter horses, racehorses, game, and wild fowl. Dick graduated from Wentworth Military Academy, and in 1939 earned a degree in forestry from the University of Michigan. He then joined the US Wildlife Service, and traveled around the West with a falcon named Margaret. After... Read full biography
George Dick was a wildlife and Western painter and sculptor, sometimes painting in an Impressionist style. Often, he strove to subdue or eliminate the backgrounds of his work. His favorite subjects included cow ponies, quarter horses, racehorses, game, and wild fowl. Dick graduated from Wentworth Military Academy, and in 1939 earned a degree in forestry from the University of Michigan. He then joined the US Wildlife Service, and traveled around the West with a falcon named Margaret. After serving in World War Two, he studied at the University of New Mexico with Kenneth Adams and Randall Davey, and earned an MFA in 1950. He was published in the Saturday Evening Post, New Mexico Stockman, Arizona Highways, and on Christmas cards. He... Read full biography
George Dick was a wildlife and Western painter and sculptor, sometimes painting in an Impressionist style. Often, he strove to subdue or eliminate the backgrounds of his work. His favorite subjects included cow ponies, quarter horses, racehorses, game, and wild fowl. Dick graduated from Wentworth Military Academy, and in 1939 earned a degree in forestry from the University of Michigan. He then joined the US Wildlife Service, and traveled around the West with a falcon named Margaret. After serving in World War Two, he studied at the University of New Mexico with Kenneth Adams and Randall Davey, and earned an MFA in 1950. He was published in the Saturday Evening Post, New Mexico Stockman, Arizona Highways, and on Christmas cards. He exhibited nationally, and is in Hassrick's Western Painting Today and Ainsworth's Cowboys in Art. Source: . CONTEM... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (14)
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
Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art
1997
Southwest Art
128 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
A Western American Vision of Art, History and Work Francis King Collection