Born into a London family of engravers and artists, Valentine Bromley was elected an associate of the Royal Institute of Painters and a member of the Society of British Artists. His talents attracted... Read full biography
Born into a London family of engravers and artists, Valentine Bromley was elected an associate of the Royal Institute of Painters and a member of the Society of British Artists. His talents attracted the attention of the Earl of Dunraven, who described his adventures to Bromley of Dunraven's... Read full biography
Born into a London family of engravers and artists, Valentine Bromley was elected an associate of the Royal Institute of Painters and a member of the Society of British Artists. His talents attracted the attention of the Earl of Dunraven, who described his adventures to Bromley of Dunraven's explorations to Quebec, Colorado, Montana Territory and Yellowstone Park. Bromley did many paintings of the Crow Indians and illustrated Dunraven's book called "The Great Divide" from Dunraven's... Read full biography
Born into a London family of engravers and artists, Valentine Bromley was elected an associate of the Royal Institute of Painters and a member of the Society of British Artists. His talents attracted the attention of the Earl of Dunraven, who described his adventures to Bromley of Dunraven's explorations to Quebec, Colorado, Montana Territory and Yellowstone Park. Bromley did many paintings of the Crow Indians and illustrated Dunraven's book called "The Great Divide" from Dunraven's descriptions of adventures on an 1874 trip to Yellowstone. In the book, Dunraven never mentioned whether or not the artist was actually on site. The book sold widely in England and served the purpose of a tour guide for many Yellowstone visitors. Bromley was... Read full biography
Born into a London family of engravers and artists, Valentine Bromley was elected an associate of the Royal Institute of Painters and a member of the Society of British Artists. His talents attracted the attention of the Earl of Dunraven, who described his adventures to Bromley of Dunraven's explorations to Quebec, Colorado, Montana Territory and Yellowstone Park. Bromley did many paintings of the Crow Indians and illustrated Dunraven's book called "The Great Divide" from Dunraven's descriptions of adventures on an 1874 trip to Yellowstone. In the book, Dunraven never mentioned whether or not the artist was actually on site. The book sold widely in England and served the purpose of a tour guide for many Yellowstone visitors. Bromley was headed for membership in England's Royal Academy when he died at age twenty-six of smallpox. At the time, his Indian paintings were on exhibit in... 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
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Drawn to Yellowstone: Artists in America's First National Park
2002
Hassrick, Peter H
248 pages (color)
Painters and the American West: The Anschutz Collection
2000
Troccoli, Joan Carpenter
218 pages (color)
Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art
1997
Southwest Art
128 pages
The Drawing Collection Stanford University Museum of Art
1993
Eitner, Lorenz (others)
418 pages (color)
Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art
1993
Southwest Art
64 pages
West West West Major Paintings from the Anschutz Collection
1991
Cunningham, Elizabeth
131 pages (color)
The West as America Reinterpreting Images of Frontier (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Truettner, William H
386 pages (color)
The Artist as Reporter
1986
Hogarth, Paul
192 pages
Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985
Dawdy, Doris
1,184 pages
Masterpieces of the American West Selections from the Anschutz Collection
1983
Cunningham, Elizabeth
152 pages (color)
Painters of the American West Selections from the Anschutz Collection (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Anschutz Collection
150 pages (color)
Beyond the Endless River W American Drawings, W/C-19th Cen (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Ballinger, James K
182 pages (color)
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
Artists on Horseback The Old West in Illustration
1972
Hogarth, Paul
268 pages (color)
Artists and Illustrators- Old West 1850-1900
1953
Taft, Robert
400 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index