Jack N. Swanson (1927 - ) . Realist and traditional painter and sculptor of the West, Jack was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1927 and has lived in Carmel Valley, California, where he was raised. At... Read full biography
Jack N. Swanson (1927 - ) . Realist and traditional painter and sculptor of the West, Jack was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1927 and has lived in Carmel Valley, California, where he was raised. At fourteen he was already breaking horses. He served in the Navy for two years during WWII and then went... Read full biography
Jack N. Swanson (1927 - ) . Realist and traditional painter and sculptor of the West, Jack was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1927 and has lived in Carmel Valley, California, where he was raised. At fourteen he was already breaking horses. He served in the Navy for two years during WWII and then went to Oregon to work on ranches his father owned. While attending the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland under the G. I. Bill, he "seemed to be not getting along with modern-type art teachers who... Read full biography
Jack N. Swanson (1927 - ) . Realist and traditional painter and sculptor of the West, Jack was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1927 and has lived in Carmel Valley, California, where he was raised. At fourteen he was already breaking horses. He served in the Navy for two years during WWII and then went to Oregon to work on ranches his father owned. While attending the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland under the G. I. Bill, he "seemed to be not getting along with modern-type art teachers who didn't think horses were worth painting, but pots were" so he left school to race horses. When his "stud" pulled up lame, he tried the Carmel Art Institute and also had advice from National Academician watercolorist Donald Teague. Swanson is an Emeritus... Read full biography
Jack N. Swanson (1927 - ) . Realist and traditional painter and sculptor of the West, Jack was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1927 and has lived in Carmel Valley, California, where he was raised. At fourteen he was already breaking horses. He served in the Navy for two years during WWII and then went to Oregon to work on ranches his father owned. While attending the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland under the G. I. Bill, he "seemed to be not getting along with modern-type art teachers who didn't think horses were worth painting, but pots were" so he left school to race horses. When his "stud" pulled up lame, he tried the Carmel Art Institute and also had advice from National Academician watercolorist Donald Teague. Swanson is an Emeritus member of the Cowboy Artists of America, is listed in Who's Who in American Art,... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (24)
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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
Cowboy Artists of America
2002
Duty, Michael; Don Hedgpeth
216 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Cowboy Artists of America Thirty-Third Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1998
Phoenix Art Museum
80 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
The Red Book Western American Price Index
1993
Southwest Art
126 pages
Cowboy Artists of America Twenty Fourth Annual Exhibition 1989 (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Cowboy Artists of America
60 pages (color)
Cowboy Artists of America (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Reynolds, Catherine
153 pages (color)
Cowboy Artists of America 1986 Twenty-First Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Carter, Gary (Introduction)
64 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
Visions West The Story of Cowboy Artists of America Museum
1983
Dedera, Don
84 pages (color)
Contemporary Western Artists
1982
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
608 pages (color)
Cowboy Artists of America Sixteenth Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Cowboy Artists of America
80 pages (color)
Ten Years with the Cowboy Artist A Complete History (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Howard, James K
213 pages
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
Western Painting Today
1975
Hassrick, Royal B
175 pages (color)
Stamford Art Foundation Exhibit and Sale, 1975 John Selmon Memorial Gallery (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Hudson, I.F. (Introduction); Frank W. Meyers, Jr.
87 pages
Bronzes of the American West
1973
Broder, Patricia Janis; Harold McCracken (Intro)
429 pages (color)
Cowboy Artists of America Sixth Annual Exhibition 1971 (Exhibition catalog)
1971
Cowboy Artists Of America
40 pages (color)
The Cowboy in Art
1968
Ainsworth, Ed; John Wayne (Foreward)
242 pages (color)
Cowboy Artists of America Third Annual Exhibit (Exhibition catalog)
1968
Krakel, Dean (Introduction)
16 pages
Read Mullan Gallery of Western Art (Exhibition catalog)