Born in Gauting, Bavaria, Nick Eggenhofer became a painter of the romance of the American West with its cowboys and Indians. He has a reputation for historical accuracy from careful research and also... Read full biography
Born in Gauting, Bavaria, Nick Eggenhofer became a painter of the romance of the American West with its cowboys and Indians. He has a reputation for historical accuracy from careful research and also as an authority about frontier western transportation. He was first exposed to the lore of the... Read full biography
Born in Gauting, Bavaria, Nick Eggenhofer became a painter of the romance of the American West with its cowboys and Indians. He has a reputation for historical accuracy from careful research and also as an authority about frontier western transportation. He was first exposed to the lore of the American West by hearing about Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Germany from older relatives who had seen performances. American western movies continued to stir the interest. In 1913, at the age of... Read full biography
Born in Gauting, Bavaria, Nick Eggenhofer became a painter of the romance of the American West with its cowboys and Indians. He has a reputation for historical accuracy from careful research and also as an authority about frontier western transportation. He was first exposed to the lore of the American West by hearing about Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Germany from older relatives who had seen performances. American western movies continued to stir the interest. In 1913, at the age of sixteen, he came to America with his family from Germany, and three years later he enrolled in night art classes at Cooper Union in New York, something he did for four years. During the day he studied lithography at the American Lithography Company, a... Read full biography
Born in Gauting, Bavaria, Nick Eggenhofer became a painter of the romance of the American West with its cowboys and Indians. He has a reputation for historical accuracy from careful research and also as an authority about frontier western transportation. He was first exposed to the lore of the American West by hearing about Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Germany from older relatives who had seen performances. American western movies continued to stir the interest. In 1913, at the age of sixteen, he came to America with his family from Germany, and three years later he enrolled in night art classes at Cooper Union in New York, something he did for four years. During the day he studied lithography at the American Lithography Company, a place that trained many successful artists. He established an illustration studio in New Jersey and made a living as a co... Read full biography
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About Nick Eggenhofer: Books
Books & Publications (39)
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The American West Reimagined: Gems from the Coeur d'Alene Art Auction
2021
Peterson, Dr. Larry Len
528 pages (color)
Bronze Inside and Out: A Biographical Memoir of Bob Scriver
2007
Scriver, Mary Strachan
368 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
Recounting the Old West II: Important Paintings, Sculpture and Works on Paper
2003
Tierney, Curtis (editor)
71 pages (color)
Cowboy Artists of America
2002
Duty, Michael; Don Hedgpeth
216 pages (color)
The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators
2001
Reed, Walt
452 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Pulp Culture The Art of Fiction Magazines
1998
Robinson, Frank/L Davidson
204 pages (color)
Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art
1997
Southwest Art
128 pages
The Red Book Western American Price Index
1993
Southwest Art
126 pages
Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art
1993
Southwest Art
64 pages
American Illustrator Art Official Price Guide
1991
Gilbert Anne
1,991 pages (color)
American Western Art
1989
Rockwell Museum
84 pages (color)
Collecting the West The C R Smith Collection of Western American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Saunders, Richard H
211 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986
Zellman, Michael David
1,102 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
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
The Illustrator in America, 1880-1980: A Century of Illustration
1984
Reed, Walt and Roger
355 pages (color)
Visions West The Story of Cowboy Artists of America Museum
1983
Dedera, Don
84 pages (color)
Art of the American West
1983
Murray, Richard N
74 pages (color)
A Western American Vision of Art, History and Work Francis King Collection
1982
Dobbs, Joanne; Jerry A. Schefcik
52 pages (color)
Horses, Horses, Always Horses Nick Eggenhofer, Life and Art
1981
Eggenhofer, Nick
213 pages (color)
Treasures of the American West Harrison Eiteljorg Collection
1981
Eiteljorg, Harrison
172 pages (color)
A Brush With the West
1980
Burk, Dale; Vivian Paladin (Intro)
135 pages
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc)
1979
Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel
730 pages
Adventures in Western Art
1977
Krakel, Dean
377 pages
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
Eggenhofer, the Pulp Years
1975
Carroll, John M
145 pages (color)
Fifty Great Western Illustrators A Bibliographic Checklist
1975
Dykes, Jeff
456 pages (color)
Western Painting Today
1975
Hassrick, Royal B
175 pages (color)
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)