Born in New York City and then settling in Scottsdale, Arizona, John (Johnny) Hampton became a renowned painter and sculptor of cowboy life that he grew to know first hand from living much of his... Read full biography
Born in New York City and then settling in Scottsdale, Arizona, John (Johnny) Hampton became a renowned painter and sculptor of cowboy life that he grew to know first hand from living much of his life in the Southwest. He was raised in Brooklyn and developed a love for the West from seeing Tom Mix... Read full biography
Born in New York City and then settling in Scottsdale, Arizona, John (Johnny) Hampton became a renowned painter and sculptor of cowboy life that he grew to know first hand from living much of his life in the Southwest. He was raised in Brooklyn and developed a love for the West from seeing Tom Mix movies. Acting out his fantasy of becoming a cowboy, he used pretended he was roping cows by using his mother's clothesline. He began illustration pulp magazines with western themes while he was in... Read full biography
Born in New York City and then settling in Scottsdale, Arizona, John (Johnny) Hampton became a renowned painter and sculptor of cowboy life that he grew to know first hand from living much of his life in the Southwest. He was raised in Brooklyn and developed a love for the West from seeing Tom Mix movies. Acting out his fantasy of becoming a cowboy, he used pretended he was roping cows by using his mother's clothesline. He began illustration pulp magazines with western themes while he was in high school and at age sixteen, won a contest for sketch artists. When World War II began, he served in an Intelligence capacity in the South Pacific. Having assisted Fred Harman with the comic strip "Red Ryder," he used the proceeds after the War to... Read full biography
Born in New York City and then settling in Scottsdale, Arizona, John (Johnny) Hampton became a renowned painter and sculptor of cowboy life that he grew to know first hand from living much of his life in the Southwest. He was raised in Brooklyn and developed a love for the West from seeing Tom Mix movies. Acting out his fantasy of becoming a cowboy, he used pretended he was roping cows by using his mother's clothesline. He began illustration pulp magazines with western themes while he was in high school and at age sixteen, won a contest for sketch artists. When World War II began, he served in an Intelligence capacity in the South Pacific. Having assisted Fred Harman with the comic strip "Red Ryder," he used the proceeds after the War to buy a small ranch near Silver City, New Mexico, in order to get a taste of the cowboy life that so intrigued him. He stayed there for twe... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (33)
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Robert Lougheed Follow the Sun
2010
Hedgpeth, Don
360 pages (color)
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
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
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)
Cowboy Artists of America 32nd Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1997
Cowboy Artists of America
80 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art
1997
Southwest Art
128 pages
Cowboy Artists of America 30th Anniversary Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Haley, J. Evetts (Introduction)
80 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art
1993
Southwest Art
64 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
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 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)
The 3M Collection of Contemporary Western Art Eleventh Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1983
National Academy of Western Art
0 pages (color)
A Western American Vision of Art, History and Work Francis King Collection
1982
Dobbs, Joanne; Jerry A. Schefcik
52 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
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 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)
Cowboy Artists of America Sixth Annual Exhibition 1971 (Exhibition catalog)
1971
Cowboy Artists Of America
40 pages (color)
Harmsen's Western Americana
1971
Harmsen, Dorothy
212 pages (color)
The West, Artists and Illustrators
1971
Tucson Art Center
32 pages
The Cowboy in Art
1968
Ainsworth, Ed; John Wayne (Foreward)
242 pages (color)
Cowboy Artists of America Third Annual Exhibit (Exhibition catalog)