Born in Lunden, Germany, William Koerner was a noted magazine and book illustrator whose work was characterized by strong draftsmanship and an eye for detail. He immigrated with his family to the... Read full biography
Born in Lunden, Germany, William Koerner was a noted magazine and book illustrator whose work was characterized by strong draftsmanship and an eye for detail. He immigrated with his family to the United States in 1880, and they settled in Clinton, Iowa. At age 20, he became a rapid-hand illustrator... Read full biography
Born in Lunden, Germany, William Koerner was a noted magazine and book illustrator whose work was characterized by strong draftsmanship and an eye for detail. He immigrated with his family to the United States in 1880, and they settled in Clinton, Iowa. At age 20, he became a rapid-hand illustrator for the Chicago Tribune. By 1901, he was attending classes at the Art Institute in Chicago, and four years later enrolled in the Art Students League in New York. When illustrator Howard Pyle accepted... Read full biography
Born in Lunden, Germany, William Koerner was a noted magazine and book illustrator whose work was characterized by strong draftsmanship and an eye for detail. He immigrated with his family to the United States in 1880, and they settled in Clinton, Iowa. At age 20, he became a rapid-hand illustrator for the Chicago Tribune. By 1901, he was attending classes at the Art Institute in Chicago, and four years later enrolled in the Art Students League in New York. When illustrator Howard Pyle accepted him for formal instruction, it was a major career boost. In 1924, Koerner first went West, traveling in a seven passenger Buick. He camped extensively and continued to travel to California via the Santa Fe Railroad. Zane Grey, popular novelist, used... Read full biography
Born in Lunden, Germany, William Koerner was a noted magazine and book illustrator whose work was characterized by strong draftsmanship and an eye for detail. He immigrated with his family to the United States in 1880, and they settled in Clinton, Iowa. At age 20, he became a rapid-hand illustrator for the Chicago Tribune. By 1901, he was attending classes at the Art Institute in Chicago, and four years later enrolled in the Art Students League in New York. When illustrator Howard Pyle accepted him for formal instruction, it was a major career boost. In 1924, Koerner first went West, traveling in a seven passenger Buick. He camped extensively and continued to travel to California via the Santa Fe Railroad. Zane Grey, popular novelist, used his illustrations in his novels. Koerner worked primarily from New York but kept a summer studio near the Crow... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (51)
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The American West Reimagined: Gems from the Coeur d'Alene Art Auction
2021
Peterson, Dr. Larry Len
528 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
Maxfield Parrish and the American Imagists
2004
Cutler, Laurence S, Judy Goffman Cutler & The National Museum of American Illustrators
448 pages (color)
Serenading the Light: Painters of the Desert Southwest (Collection of Billy Schenck)
2003
Clemmer, David
120 pages (color)
The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators
2001
Reed, Walt
452 pages (color)
Painters and the American West: The Anschutz Collection
2000
Troccoli, Joan Carpenter
218 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Art Students League of New York: A History (Students)
1999
Steiner, Raymond J
187 pages
Whitney Gallery of American Art
1997
Boehme, Sarah E
78 pages (color)
Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art
1997
Southwest Art
128 pages
Western Art Masterpieces
1996
Watkins, T H/Joan P Watkins
119 pages (color)
Covers of the Saturday Evening Post Seventy Years of Outstanding Illustration
1995
Cohn, Jan
298 pages (color)
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 and European Paintings Under $7,500. (Schwarz Gallery, Philadelphia) (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Thiede, Rolf; David Cassedy, Matthew North, Christine Schultz
72 pages
Treasures From Our West
1992
Curators, Buffalo Bill Center
57 pages (color)
Discovered Lands Invented Pasts Transforming Visions of the American West
1992
Prown, Jules; Nancy Anderson, William Cronon
217 pages (color)
The American West: John F. Eulich Collection Legendary Artists of the Frontier (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Stewart, Dr. Rick; Don Hedgpeth
56 pages (color)
American Illustrator Art Official Price Guide
1991
Gilbert Anne
1,991 pages (color)
Art of the Golden West
1990
Axelrod, Alan
418 pages (color)
Rendezvous to Roundup: The First 100 Years of Wyoming Art (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Boehme, Sarah E
49 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
Frontier America: Art From Buffalo Bill Historical Center
1988
Fees, Paul; Sarah E Boehme
128 pages (color)
History of Western American Art
1987
Hassrick, Royal B
192 pages (color)
The West of the Imagination
1986
Goetzmann, William H; William N. Goetzmann
457 pages (color)
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
The Illustrator in America, 1880-1980: A Century of Illustration
1984
Reed, Walt and Roger
355 pages (color)
Masterpieces of the American West Selections from the Anschutz Collection
1983
Cunningham, Elizabeth
152 pages (color)
The Popular West American Illustrators 1900-1940 (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Ballinger, James/Susan Gordon
56 pages
Painters of the American West Selections from the Anschutz Collection (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Anschutz Collection
150 pages (color)
Treasures of the American West Harrison Eiteljorg Collection
1981
Eiteljorg, Harrison
172 pages (color)
The Cowboy (Exhibition catalog)
1981
San Diego Museum of Art
89 pages (color)
Western Masters: A Comprehensive Exhibition Petersen Galleries (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Stern, Jean
124 pages (color)
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc)
1979
Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel
730 pages
The Lure of the Great West
1978
Getlein, Frank
352 pages (color)
World of ...West of W H D Koerner
1978
Hutchinson, W H
243 pages (color)
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
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
Fifty Great Western Illustrators A Bibliographic Checklist
1975
Dykes, Jeff
456 pages (color)
American Masters in the West Selections from the Anschutz Collections (Exhibition catalog)
1974
Schriever, George; Dean Krakel (Intro)
64 pages (color)
Art of the Western Scene 1880-194 (Exhibition catalog)
1970
Phoenix Art Museum
28 pages
O! Say Can You See The Story of America through Great Paintings
1970
Ray, Frederick E
189 pages (color)
W H D Koerner Illustrating the Western Myth (Exhibition catalog)
1969
Amon Carter Museum
16 pages
The Cowboy in Art
1968
Ainsworth, Ed; John Wayne (Foreward)
242 pages (color)
The McKee Collection of Paintings (Exhibition catalog)
1968
El Paso Museum of Art
66 pages (color)
W H D Koerner Illustrator of the West (Exhibition catalog)
1968
Hutchinson, W H
64 pages (color)
The Illustrator in America 1900-1960s
1966
Reed, Walt
272 pages (color)
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index