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1902 St. Louis, Missouri - 1982 Phoenix, Arizona. Known for: Cartoonist, cowboy-western genre painting.
Best known for his comic strip Red Ryder and Little Beaver, Fred Harman was also a noted painter of scenes of the American West. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri and as an infant moved with his... Read full biography
Best known for his comic strip Red Ryder and Little Beaver, Fred Harman was also a noted painter of scenes of the American West. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri and as an infant moved with his family to Pagosa Springs, Colorado where his father was a lawyer. He grew up on a ranch in Indian... Read full biography
Best known for his comic strip Red Ryder and Little Beaver, Fred Harman was also a noted painter of scenes of the American West. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri and as an infant moved with his family to Pagosa Springs, Colorado where his father was a lawyer. He grew up on a ranch in Indian country where he associated with Ute, Apache, Navajo, and Paiute Indians, and as a child he spent much time sketching these people. As an adult, he traveled and painted throughout the country inhabited by... Read full biography
Best known for his comic strip Red Ryder and Little Beaver, Fred Harman was also a noted painter of scenes of the American West. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri and as an infant moved with his family to Pagosa Springs, Colorado where his father was a lawyer. He grew up on a ranch in Indian country where he associated with Ute, Apache, Navajo, and Paiute Indians, and as a child he spent much time sketching these people. As an adult, he traveled and painted throughout the country inhabited by them. In 1916, he moved to Kansas City as a teen ager but returned regularly to Colorado to work as a cowboy and to serve in the National Guard during World War I. For about twenty years he worked both as a cowboy and artist and received little... Read full biography
Best known for his comic strip Red Ryder and Little Beaver, Fred Harman was also a noted painter of scenes of the American West. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri and as an infant moved with his family to Pagosa Springs, Colorado where his father was a lawyer. He grew up on a ranch in Indian country where he associated with Ute, Apache, Navajo, and Paiute Indians, and as a child he spent much time sketching these people. As an adult, he traveled and painted throughout the country inhabited by them. In 1916, he moved to Kansas City as a teen ager but returned regularly to Colorado to work as a cowboy and to serve in the National Guard during World War I. For about twenty years he worked both as a cowboy and artist and received little recognition for his art abilites. In Kansas City in the 1920s, he made slides for silent movie houses. He... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Book Illustration
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Charcoal
- •Colored Pencil
- •Conte Crayon
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Cartoon Drawing, Cartoon Figures
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Comic Strip/Book Humor
- •Cowboys
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Humor, Whimsy
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Western Art: Cowboys, Indians, Horses, Ranch Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
Art Association
- •Cowboy Artists of America
- •National Cartoonists Society
- •Society of Illustrators-
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Cartoon Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
- •Walt Disney Studio Artist, Productions/Commissioned
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Cowboy Artists of America-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Charles Russell Art Show/Auction/ and/or Museum