Davenport's Art Reference & Price Guide 2006/2007 Edition
2006Moneta, Howard (editor)
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1928 St. Louis, Missouri - 2018 San Diego, California. Known for: Landscape, old west, horses and Indian figure painting, newspaper staff artist.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Jack Jordan was raised on a farm near Des Moines, Iowa. At age 12, he took WPA art lessons and in high school studied commercial art. In 1946, he joined the Marines and... Read full biography
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Jack Jordan was raised on a farm near Des Moines, Iowa. At age 12, he took WPA art lessons and in high school studied commercial art. In 1946, he joined the Marines and then spent three years with carnivals as a magician. He worked briefly in Iowa as a newspaper artist... Read full biography
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Jack Jordan was raised on a farm near Des Moines, Iowa. At age 12, he took WPA art lessons and in high school studied commercial art. In 1946, he joined the Marines and then spent three years with carnivals as a magician. He worked briefly in Iowa as a newspaper artist and then went to San Diego where he studied at the Coronado School of Art. He also attended Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, paying his way by selling western paintings. In 1971, he studied in... Read full biography
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Jack Jordan was raised on a farm near Des Moines, Iowa. At age 12, he took WPA art lessons and in high school studied commercial art. In 1946, he joined the Marines and then spent three years with carnivals as a magician. He worked briefly in Iowa as a newspaper artist and then went to San Diego where he studied at the Coronado School of Art. He also attended Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, paying his way by selling western paintings. In 1971, he studied in Mexico and decided to become a full-time painter with Old West subjects. He settled in El Cajon, California. Many of his paintings are in fine art collections across America.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Jack Jordan was raised on a farm near Des Moines, Iowa. At age 12, he took WPA art lessons and in high school studied commercial art. In 1946, he joined the Marines and then spent three years with carnivals as a magician. He worked briefly in Iowa as a newspaper artist and then went to San Diego where he studied at the Coronado School of Art. He also attended Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, paying his way by selling western paintings. In 1971, he studied in Mexico and decided to become a full-time painter with Old West subjects. He settled in El Cajon, California. Many of his paintings are in fine art collections across America.
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesMaster Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art
1993Southwest Art64 pagesWho's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986Jaques Cattell Press1,292 pagesContemporary Western Artists
1982Samuels, Peggy and Harold608 pages (color)