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1911 - 2012 Tucson, Arizona. Known for: Western genre, figure, animal, landscape.
A talented and successful painter, who settled in Sonoita, Arizona, Duane was raised in Virginia, Minnesota, Iron Range country, where one of his early paintings was a commissioned mural depicting... Read full biography
A talented and successful painter, who settled in Sonoita, Arizona, Duane was raised in Virginia, Minnesota, Iron Range country, where one of his early paintings was a commissioned mural depicting the history of the mining industry of that area. He took the $3000. he earned from that project and... Read full biography
A talented and successful painter, who settled in Sonoita, Arizona, Duane was raised in Virginia, Minnesota, Iron Range country, where one of his early paintings was a commissioned mural depicting the history of the mining industry of that area. He took the $3000. he earned from that project and went to New York City, where he did not achieve the quick success he expected but won a poster contest of the Museum of Modern Art. Later he served in the Air Force and started a comic strip called... Read full biography
A talented and successful painter, who settled in Sonoita, Arizona, Duane was raised in Virginia, Minnesota, Iron Range country, where one of his early paintings was a commissioned mural depicting the history of the mining industry of that area. He took the $3000. he earned from that project and went to New York City, where he did not achieve the quick success he expected but won a poster contest of the Museum of Modern Art. Later he served in the Air Force and started a comic strip called "Cokey" for the base newspaper, and it was eventually syndicated. Following his discharge, he stayed with commercial art for awhile and then after moving to Tucson, Arizona, he became interested in painting the western scenes that subsequently made him... Read full biography
A talented and successful painter, who settled in Sonoita, Arizona, Duane was raised in Virginia, Minnesota, Iron Range country, where one of his early paintings was a commissioned mural depicting the history of the mining industry of that area. He took the $3000. he earned from that project and went to New York City, where he did not achieve the quick success he expected but won a poster contest of the Museum of Modern Art. Later he served in the Air Force and started a comic strip called "Cokey" for the base newspaper, and it was eventually syndicated. Following his discharge, he stayed with commercial art for awhile and then after moving to Tucson, Arizona, he became interested in painting the western scenes that subsequently made him famous. He won the 1997 Prix de West Purchase and Buyers' Choice Award at the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City.... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Comic Book, Comic Strip Artist, Comic Figures
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Gouache
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Caricatures
- •Cowboys
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Western Art: Cowboys, Indians, Horses, Ranch Scenes
Art Association
- •Tucson Seven
Awards/Recognition
- •Nona Jean Hulsey Rumsey Buyer's Choice, Prix de West
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Animal Specialty
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
- •Mural Specialty
- •Western Subject Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Western Art-
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
- •Prix de West Invitational