Harold Dow Bugbee is best known for his portrayals of ranch life, a subject . reflected in his paintings as well as his book and magazine illustrations. Bugbee was born in Lexington, Massachusetts.... Read full biography
Harold Dow Bugbee is best known for his portrayals of ranch life, a subject . reflected in his paintings as well as his book and magazine illustrations. Bugbee was born in Lexington, Massachusetts. In 1912, he went West to live on a. ranch near Clarendon, Texas. He attended public school in... Read full biography
Harold Dow Bugbee is best known for his portrayals of ranch life, a subject . reflected in his paintings as well as his book and magazine illustrations. Bugbee was born in Lexington, Massachusetts. In 1912, he went West to live on a. ranch near Clarendon, Texas. He attended public school in Clarendon and attended in 1917 attended Clarendon College. The following year he attended Texas A&M College and then graduated from the Charles Cumming School of Art, Des Moines, Iowa, in 1921.Following... Read full biography
Harold Dow Bugbee is best known for his portrayals of ranch life, a subject . reflected in his paintings as well as his book and magazine illustrations. Bugbee was born in Lexington, Massachusetts. In 1912, he went West to live on a. ranch near Clarendon, Texas. He attended public school in Clarendon and attended in 1917 attended Clarendon College. The following year he attended Texas A&M College and then graduated from the Charles Cumming School of Art, Des Moines, Iowa, in 1921.Following graduation, Bugbee studied in New York City and then returned to Clarendon in 1922. Bugbee traveled regularly to Taos, New Mexico to paint with members of the Taos art colony. Drawing from his experiences living on a ranch, he did illustrations for books... Read full biography
Harold Dow Bugbee is best known for his portrayals of ranch life, a subject . reflected in his paintings as well as his book and magazine illustrations. Bugbee was born in Lexington, Massachusetts. In 1912, he went West to live on a. ranch near Clarendon, Texas. He attended public school in Clarendon and attended in 1917 attended Clarendon College. The following year he attended Texas A&M College and then graduated from the Charles Cumming School of Art, Des Moines, Iowa, in 1921.Following graduation, Bugbee studied in New York City and then returned to Clarendon in 1922. Bugbee traveled regularly to Taos, New Mexico to paint with members of the Taos art colony. Drawing from his experiences living on a ranch, he did illustrations for books and magazines. He illustrated J. Evetts Haley's "Charles Goodnight, Cowman and Plainsman" (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1936). Bugbe... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (11)
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
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Dictionary of Texas Artists, 1800-1945
1999
Grauer, Paula and Michael R.
240 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc)
1979
Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel
730 pages
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
Fifty Great Western Illustrators A Bibliographic Checklist
1975
Dykes, Jeff
456 pages (color)
The Cowboy in Art
1968
Ainsworth, Ed; John Wayne (Foreward)
242 pages (color)
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index