Shadows on the Mesa: Artists of the Painted Desert and Beyond
2012Fillmore, Gary
288 pages (color)
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1875 Eureka, California - 1974 Palm Springs, California. Known for: Desert landscape and Indian figure painting, cartoons.
A pioneer comic artist, James Swinnerton is most often credited in histories of the funnies for things he never did. He never drew anything titled Little Bears and Tigers, and the feature he did draw... Read full biography
A pioneer comic artist, James Swinnerton is most often credited in histories of the funnies for things he never did. He never drew anything titled Little Bears and Tigers, and the feature he did draw about bears was not the first newspaper strip. In fact, it wasnt a comic strip at all. A talented... Read full biography
A pioneer comic artist, James Swinnerton is most often credited in histories of the funnies for things he never did. He never drew anything titled Little Bears and Tigers, and the feature he did draw about bears was not the first newspaper strip. In fact, it wasnt a comic strip at all. A talented artist, Swinnerton did, however, contribute significantly to the development of comics in the more than 60 years he worked as a cartoonist. His most successful strip was Little Jimmy, and he's the one... Read full biography
A pioneer comic artist, James Swinnerton is most often credited in histories of the funnies for things he never did. He never drew anything titled Little Bears and Tigers, and the feature he did draw about bears was not the first newspaper strip. In fact, it wasnt a comic strip at all. A talented artist, Swinnerton did, however, contribute significantly to the development of comics in the more than 60 years he worked as a cartoonist. His most successful strip was Little Jimmy, and he's the one who introduced his friend George Herriman to the Arizona desert that became the permanent locale for Krazy Kat. Swinnerton, too, put the desert country to good use in his own work. James Guilford Swinnerton was born in Eureka, California, where his... Read full biography
A pioneer comic artist, James Swinnerton is most often credited in histories of the funnies for things he never did. He never drew anything titled Little Bears and Tigers, and the feature he did draw about bears was not the first newspaper strip. In fact, it wasnt a comic strip at all. A talented artist, Swinnerton did, however, contribute significantly to the development of comics in the more than 60 years he worked as a cartoonist. His most successful strip was Little Jimmy, and he's the one who introduced his friend George Herriman to the Arizona desert that became the permanent locale for Krazy Kat. Swinnerton, too, put the desert country to good use in his own work. James Guilford Swinnerton was born in Eureka, California, where his father was a judge, a publisher of a weekly paper, and a staunch Republican. Swinne... Read full biography
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Canyon Magic Landmark Art from the Picerne Collection
2010
(Exhibition catalog)Fillmore, Gary77 pages (color)Painters of Utah's Canyons and Deserts
2009Poulton, Donna L. and Vern G. Swanson304 pages (color)The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesArtists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
2002
Available For Sale.Hughes, Edan Milton1,249 pagesFor Sale<a href="mailto:info@askart.com">Available For Sale</a>.Indian Trader: The Life and Times of J.L. Hubbell
2000Blue, Martha356 pagesTranquil America: A Century of Painting, 1840-1940
2000
(Exhibition catalog)Editor, Spanierman Gallery0 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesPainted Light: California Impressionists from the Gardena High School Collection
1999
(Exhibition catalog)Stern, Jean54 pages (color)100 Years of American Newspaper Comics An Illustrated Encyclopedia
1996Horn, Maurice (editor)414 pages (color)The Red Book Western American Price Index
1993Southwest Art126 pagesLandscapes of the West
1993
(Exhibition catalog)Stragnell, Robert60 pagesThe Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)1,117 pagesArt Across America: The Far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest, Pacific Volume Three
1990Gerdts, William H396 pages (color)The Encyclopedia of American Comics From 1897 to the Present
1990Goulart, Ron (Editor)408 pages (color)Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1989
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)538 pagesArtists in California, 1786-1940
1989Hughes, Edan Milton637 pagesThe Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics
1988Blackbeard, Bill and Martin Williams334 pages (color)Capturing the Canyon: Artists in the Grand Canyon
1987Mitchem, Holly (Essay); Tray Mead (Editor)42 pages (color)Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986Opitz, Glenn B (editor)1,081 pages300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986Zellman, Michael David1,102 pages (color)Jimmy Swinnerton The Artist and His Work
1985Davidson, Harold G160 pages (color)Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985Dawdy, Doris1,184 pagesWho Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesThe Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
1984
(Exhibition catalog)Marlor, Clark S600 pagesSouthern California Art Publication 3, Dictionary
1984Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall291 pagesPaintings and Sculpture In the Permanent Collection
1983Bermingham, Peter/Daphne Deeds273 pages (color)A Century of California Landscapes
1983Gibson, Dunn & Critcher52 pages (color)The West as Art Western Art in Calfornia Collections
1982
(Exhibition catalog)Trenton, Patricia197 pages (color)California Artists 1935-1956
1981McCall, Dewitt Clinton III212 pages (color)Southern California Artists 1890-1940
1979Editor, Laguna Beach Museum216 pages (color)Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc)
1979Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel730 pagesTurn-of-the-Century America Paintings, Graphics, Photographs 1890-1910
1977
(Exhibition catalog)Hills, Patricia194 pages (color)The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976Samuels, Peggy and Harold549 pagesClassic Comics & Their Creators Life Stories of American Cartoonists
1973Sheridan, Martin304 pagesHarmsen's Western Americana
1971Harmsen, Dorothy212 pages (color)Treasury of Living Art A collection of the works of member artists
1970
(Exhibition catalog)Desert Art Center, Inc112 pages (color)The McKee Collection of Paintings
1968
(Exhibition catalog)El Paso Museum of Art66 pages (color)Art and Artists Desert Art Center
1965
(Exhibition catalog)Frey, Joseph (Intro)128 pages (color)Read Mullan Gallery of Western Art
1964
(Exhibition catalog)Read Mullan Gallery40 pages (color)Painters of the Desert
1961Ainsworth, Ed111 pages (color)Comic Art in America
1959Becker, Stephen387 pagesPortrait of the Old West
1952McCracken, Harold216 pages (color)Gallery of Western Paintings
1951Carlson, Raymond (Editor)86 pages (color)The Comics
1947Waugh, Coulton360 pages (color)Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pages