A landscape painter of the Rocky Mountains and pastoral settings and an illustrator, Richard Tallant was born in Zanesville, Ohio. He went West as a young man, spending many years in Colorado mining... Read full biography
A landscape painter of the Rocky Mountains and pastoral settings and an illustrator, Richard Tallant was born in Zanesville, Ohio. He went West as a young man, spending many years in Colorado mining camps and in Denver. As an artist, he was self taught, and in 1886 to 1887, was active in the Denver... Read full biography
A landscape painter of the Rocky Mountains and pastoral settings and an illustrator, Richard Tallant was born in Zanesville, Ohio. He went West as a young man, spending many years in Colorado mining camps and in Denver. As an artist, he was self taught, and in 1886 to 1887, was active in the Denver Art Club. He married, and the couple settled in Devil's Gulch near Estes Park, Colorado where he was a long-time Justice of the Peace, which earned him the nickname "Judge Tallant." . He traveled... Read full biography
A landscape painter of the Rocky Mountains and pastoral settings and an illustrator, Richard Tallant was born in Zanesville, Ohio. He went West as a young man, spending many years in Colorado mining camps and in Denver. As an artist, he was self taught, and in 1886 to 1887, was active in the Denver Art Club. He married, and the couple settled in Devil's Gulch near Estes Park, Colorado where he was a long-time Justice of the Peace, which earned him the nickname "Judge Tallant." . He traveled throughout the West, painting the Grand Canyon, the Tetons, Colorado Rockies, and Mount Hood, and in 1887, he depicted the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico. Many of reproductions of his work appeared in periodicals and calendars, especially his views of... Read full biography
A landscape painter of the Rocky Mountains and pastoral settings and an illustrator, Richard Tallant was born in Zanesville, Ohio. He went West as a young man, spending many years in Colorado mining camps and in Denver. As an artist, he was self taught, and in 1886 to 1887, was active in the Denver Art Club. He married, and the couple settled in Devil's Gulch near Estes Park, Colorado where he was a long-time Justice of the Peace, which earned him the nickname "Judge Tallant." . He traveled throughout the West, painting the Grand Canyon, the Tetons, Colorado Rockies, and Mount Hood, and in 1887, he depicted the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico. Many of reproductions of his work appeared in periodicals and calendars, especially his views of Long's Peak. Many of his paintings were commissioned by F.O. Stanley, owner of the famous Stanley Hotel. His method was to complete mo... Read full biography
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Karol Mack: The History, The Sublime, The Paintings
2010
Berney, Charlotte; Brian C. Mack, Pat McKee, James H. Pickering
143 pages (color)
Painters of Utah's Canyons and Deserts
2009
Poulton, Donna L. and Vern G. Swanson
304 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 Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Artist of Utah
1999
Olpis, Robert S
0 pages
Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art
1997
Southwest Art
128 pages
Biographical Dictionary of Artists of the Pacific Northeast
1993
Sharylen, Maria
252 pages
Art Across America: The Far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest, Pacific Volume Three
1990
Gerdts, William H
396 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
American Western Art: The Harmsen Collection
1977
Harmsen, Dorothy; Bill Harmsen (Foreward)
256 pages (color)
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West