Wilson Hurley (1924-2008). Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he became a painter in luminist style of the American West, especially known for his depictions of Canyon de Chelly, Yellowstone Park, and the... Read full biography
Wilson Hurley (1924-2008). Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he became a painter in luminist style of the American West, especially known for his depictions of Canyon de Chelly, Yellowstone Park, and the Grand Canyon. He attended high school in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where his family moved in 1935. Knowing... Read full biography
Wilson Hurley (1924-2008). Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he became a painter in luminist style of the American West, especially known for his depictions of Canyon de Chelly, Yellowstone Park, and the Grand Canyon. He attended high school in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where his family moved in 1935. Knowing his interest and talent, his mother arranged for him to spend time as a teenager with artists Theodore Van Solen, Josef Bakos, and John Young-Hunter. Hurley studied engineering at the U.S. Military... Read full biography
Wilson Hurley (1924-2008). Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he became a painter in luminist style of the American West, especially known for his depictions of Canyon de Chelly, Yellowstone Park, and the Grand Canyon. He attended high school in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where his family moved in 1935. Knowing his interest and talent, his mother arranged for him to spend time as a teenager with artists Theodore Van Solen, Josef Bakos, and John Young-Hunter. Hurley studied engineering at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 1945, and then served in the Air Force. He resigned his Air Force commission to go to law school at George Washington University in Washington DC and then practiced law in Albuquerque, New Mexico for fourteen years.... Read full biography
Wilson Hurley (1924-2008). Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he became a painter in luminist style of the American West, especially known for his depictions of Canyon de Chelly, Yellowstone Park, and the Grand Canyon. He attended high school in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where his family moved in 1935. Knowing his interest and talent, his mother arranged for him to spend time as a teenager with artists Theodore Van Solen, Josef Bakos, and John Young-Hunter. Hurley studied engineering at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 1945, and then served in the Air Force. He resigned his Air Force commission to go to law school at George Washington University in Washington DC and then practiced law in Albuquerque, New Mexico for fourteen years. In 1965, he became a full-time painter, an occupation interrupted by serving in the Vietnam War duri... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (51)
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The Life and Art of Wilson Hurley: Celebrating the Richness of Reality
2020
Hurley, Rosalyn Roembke
380 pages (color)
Robert Lougheed Follow the Sun
2010
Hedgpeth, Don
360 pages (color)
Patrons Without Peer The McCloy Collection
2009
Davis, Tom
240 pages (color)
A Centennial Celebration of Art in Lubbock: A One-Hundred Year Celebration (Exhibition catalog)
2008
Taylor, Dawn-Wolf; Aycock, Bonnie
52 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
From Sea to Shining Sea (Exhibition catalog)
2004
Haggin Museum of Art
104 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Drawn to Yellowstone: Artists in America's First National Park
2002
Hassrick, Peter H
248 pages (color)
Art of the West Guidebook of Western Artists 2001 Edition
2001
Editors, Art of the West
88 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Majesty of the Grand Canyon 150 Years in Art
1998
Kinsey, Joni Louise
159 pages (color)
Nasa & The Exploration of Space: With Works from the Nasa Art Collection
1998
Launius, Roger D
224 pages (color)
Whitney Gallery of American Art
1997
Boehme, Sarah E
78 pages (color)
Artists of America Seventeenth Annual (Exhibition catalog)
1997
Denver Rotary Club
92 pages (color)
Leading the West One Hundred Contemporary Painters & Sculptors
1997
Hagerty, Donald J
213 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Canyon de Chelly 100 Years of Painting and Photography
1996
Hagerty, Donald J
120 pages (color)
Paintings of the Southwest
1994
Skolnick, Arnold/Suzan Campbell
128 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art
1993
Southwest Art
64 pages
The Red Book Western American Price Index
1993
Southwest Art
126 pages
National Academy of Western Art Twentieth Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1992
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
158 pages (color)
Artists of America Tenth Annual (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Denver Rotary Club
160 pages (color)
Artists in Quotation Dictionary of Creative Thoughts of Painters etc
1989
La Cour, Donna Ward
196 pages
American Western Art
1989
Rockwell Museum
84 pages (color)
Artists of America Eighth Annual (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Denver Rotary Club
143 pages (color)
Wilson Hurley (Altermann & Morris Exhibition) (Exhibition catalog)
1988
McGarry, Susan Hallsten (Essay)
20 pages (color)
Capturing the Canyon: Artists in the Grand Canyon
1987
Mitchem, Holly (Essay); Tray Mead (Editor)
42 pages (color)
Arizona Collects Twentieth Century Painting (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Deeds, Daphne Anderson
64 pages
The West of the Imagination
1986
Goetzmann, William H; William N. Goetzmann
457 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
National Academy of Western Art Fourteenth Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1986
National Academy Western Art
112 pages (color)
Brushstrokes on the Plateau An Overview of Anglo Art on the Colorado Plateau
1984
Chase, Katherin L
34 pages (color)
National Academy of Western Art Twelfth Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1984
National Academy Western Art
98 pages (color)
Frontier Spirit: William Foxley Collection Museum of Western Art
1983
Foxley, William
200 pages (color)
Artists of America Second Annual (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Denver Rotary Club
143 pages (color)
Masters of Western Art
1982
Nelson, Mary Carroll
176 pages (color)
Contemporary Western Artists
1982
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
608 pages (color)
Artists of America First Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Denver Rotary Club
141 pages (color)
National Academy of Western Art Ninth Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Krakel, Dean (Intro)
0 pages (color)
National Academy of Western Art Eighth Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1980
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
96 pages (color)
Shriver Gallery Artists (Exhibition catalog)
1980
Shriver Gallery
20 pages (color)
National Academy of Western Art Sixth Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1978
National Academy Western Art
80 pages (color)
Adventures in Western Art
1977
Krakel, Dean
377 pages
Wilson Hurley An Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1977
Lowell Press
82 pages (color)
20 Landscape Painters And How They Work
1977
Meyer, Susan E (ed)
175 pages (color)
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
Western Painting Today
1975
Hassrick, Royal B
175 pages (color)
Selections from the Collection Mr & Mrs Fred T Hogan (Exhibition catalog)