Born near Noblesville, Indiana, Harvey Caylor was known as a cowboy artist for his authentic paintings of Texas ranch life including longhorn cattle drives and roundups. He was also a painter of... Read full biography
Born near Noblesville, Indiana, Harvey Caylor was known as a cowboy artist for his authentic paintings of Texas ranch life including longhorn cattle drives and roundups. He was also a painter of landscapes, portraits, genre and animals; was an illustrator and also a writer of articles for ranching... Read full biography
Born near Noblesville, Indiana, Harvey Caylor was known as a cowboy artist for his authentic paintings of Texas ranch life including longhorn cattle drives and roundups. He was also a painter of landscapes, portraits, genre and animals; was an illustrator and also a writer of articles for ranching and agricultural publications. Caylor was raised in a log cabin, the ninth of twelve children, supported by a father who was a shoemaker. Caylor received drawing lessons as a child. At 14, he left... Read full biography
Born near Noblesville, Indiana, Harvey Caylor was known as a cowboy artist for his authentic paintings of Texas ranch life including longhorn cattle drives and roundups. He was also a painter of landscapes, portraits, genre and animals; was an illustrator and also a writer of articles for ranching and agricultural publications. Caylor was raised in a log cabin, the ninth of twelve children, supported by a father who was a shoemaker. Caylor received drawing lessons as a child. At 14, he left home to do odd jobs including herding cattle in Kansas. With money he saved from his earnings, he studied painting in Indianapolis with Jacob Cox (1810-1892), a portrait, landscape and still-life painter. Having learned that western artist Frederic... Read full biography
Born near Noblesville, Indiana, Harvey Caylor was known as a cowboy artist for his authentic paintings of Texas ranch life including longhorn cattle drives and roundups. He was also a painter of landscapes, portraits, genre and animals; was an illustrator and also a writer of articles for ranching and agricultural publications. Caylor was raised in a log cabin, the ninth of twelve children, supported by a father who was a shoemaker. Caylor received drawing lessons as a child. At 14, he left home to do odd jobs including herding cattle in Kansas. With money he saved from his earnings, he studied painting in Indianapolis with Jacob Cox (1810-1892), a portrait, landscape and still-life painter. Having learned that western artist Frederic Remington recommended that artists should head West to get first hand familiarity with landscape and... Read full biography
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About Harvey Caylor: Books
Books & Publications (10)
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Biographical Directory of Kansas Artists Active Before 1945
2006
Craig, Susan (Compiler)
0 pages
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)
Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985
Dawdy, Doris
1,184 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
H W Caylor Frontier Artist
1981
Pickle, Joe
125 pages (color)
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West