Irvin "Shorty" Shope (b. May 11, 1900- d. 1977). Painted 11 Mountie subjects between 1959-1960. Irvin "Shorty" Shope was raised on a ranch in Montana, and fell under. the influence of the western... Read full biography
Irvin "Shorty" Shope (b. May 11, 1900- d. 1977). Painted 11 Mountie subjects between 1959-1960. Irvin "Shorty" Shope was raised on a ranch in Montana, and fell under. the influence of the western painter Edgar S. Paxson while still in high school. Between 1919 and 1930, Shope worked as a cowboy on... Read full biography
Irvin "Shorty" Shope (b. May 11, 1900- d. 1977). Painted 11 Mountie subjects between 1959-1960. Irvin "Shorty" Shope was raised on a ranch in Montana, and fell under. the influence of the western painter Edgar S. Paxson while still in high school. Between 1919 and 1930, Shope worked as a cowboy on Montana ranches, while studying art through a correspondence course. Beginning in 1925, he first exhibited his paintings in Montana, and received some commercial assignments. Having sold his first... Read full biography
Irvin "Shorty" Shope (b. May 11, 1900- d. 1977). Painted 11 Mountie subjects between 1959-1960. Irvin "Shorty" Shope was raised on a ranch in Montana, and fell under. the influence of the western painter Edgar S. Paxson while still in high school. Between 1919 and 1930, Shope worked as a cowboy on Montana ranches, while studying art through a correspondence course. Beginning in 1925, he first exhibited his paintings in Montana, and received some commercial assignments. Having sold his first painting at the age of thirty, Shope returned to college, majoring in art and history. In Helena, Montana, Shope began working as a commercial artist for the state government, and at that time also spent a few months studying under the well-known... Read full biography
Irvin "Shorty" Shope (b. May 11, 1900- d. 1977). Painted 11 Mountie subjects between 1959-1960. Irvin "Shorty" Shope was raised on a ranch in Montana, and fell under. the influence of the western painter Edgar S. Paxson while still in high school. Between 1919 and 1930, Shope worked as a cowboy on Montana ranches, while studying art through a correspondence course. Beginning in 1925, he first exhibited his paintings in Montana, and received some commercial assignments. Having sold his first painting at the age of thirty, Shope returned to college, majoring in art and history. In Helena, Montana, Shope began working as a commercial artist for the state government, and at that time also spent a few months studying under the well-known illustrator Harvey Dunn at the Grand Central School of Art in New York. Shope's usual subjects were cowboys, t... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (18)
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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
Looking North: Royal Canadian Mounted Police Illustration: Potlatch Collection
2003
Marling, Karal Ann
160 pages (color)
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
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Visions West The Story of Cowboy Artists of America Museum
1983
Dedera, Don
84 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
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
0 pages
Rendezvous of Western Art, 1972 (Exhibition catalog)
1972
Paladin, Vivian A
64 pages (color)
Grand Central Art Galleries, Inc 1971 Year Book (Exhibition catalog)
1971
Barrie, Erwin S (editor)
68 pages (color)
Cowboy Artists of America Sixth Annual Exhibition 1971 (Exhibition catalog)
1971
Cowboy Artists Of America
40 pages (color)
Montana's Own
1970
Crowell, Dave
48 pages (color)
New Interpretations
1969
Burk, Dale
0 pages
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
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index