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1936 Paris, Missouri - 2026 Ruidoso, New Mexico. Known for: Photoreal cowboy genre-figure painting.
Gordon Snidow, considered one of the most popular Western-themed artists of his generation, died Sunday, April 12, at his home in Ruidoso. He was 89. "He was an incredible human being with so much... Read full biography
Gordon Snidow, considered one of the most popular Western-themed artists of his generation, died Sunday, April 12, at his home in Ruidoso. He was 89. "He was an incredible human being with so much natural talent and ability," said Snidow's former wife Grace Griffin Snidow, who was married to the... Read full biography
Gordon Snidow, considered one of the most popular Western-themed artists of his generation, died Sunday, April 12, at his home in Ruidoso. He was 89. "He was an incredible human being with so much natural talent and ability," said Snidow's former wife Grace Griffin Snidow, who was married to the artist for 19 years and maintains a website chronicling his work. "His paintings are so easy to market because they can tell an entire story of a subject without words," she said. "There are so very few... Read full biography
Gordon Snidow, considered one of the most popular Western-themed artists of his generation, died Sunday, April 12, at his home in Ruidoso. He was 89. "He was an incredible human being with so much natural talent and ability," said Snidow's former wife Grace Griffin Snidow, who was married to the artist for 19 years and maintains a website chronicling his work. "His paintings are so easy to market because they can tell an entire story of a subject without words," she said. "There are so very few artists that captured the true contemporary Western way of life better than Gordon Snidow.". Snidow was born in Paris, Missouri, in 1936. His family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he grew up hearing stories about Western cowboys. His talent for... Read full biography
Gordon Snidow, considered one of the most popular Western-themed artists of his generation, died Sunday, April 12, at his home in Ruidoso. He was 89. "He was an incredible human being with so much natural talent and ability," said Snidow's former wife Grace Griffin Snidow, who was married to the artist for 19 years and maintains a website chronicling his work. "His paintings are so easy to market because they can tell an entire story of a subject without words," she said. "There are so very few artists that captured the true contemporary Western way of life better than Gordon Snidow.". Snidow was born in Paris, Missouri, in 1936. His family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he grew up hearing stories about Western cowboys. His talent for drawing and sketching was obvious at a young age. He attended the ArtCenter College of Design in California, where family members s... Read full biography
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Keywords (35)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Bronze
- •Charcoal
- •Colored Pencil
- •Gouache
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Oil Paint
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Caricatures
- •Cowboys
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape with Cattle, Sheep or Other Farm Animals
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Western Art: Cowboys, Indians, Horses, Ranch Scenes
Art Association
- •Artists of America
- •Cowboy Artists of America
Awards/Recognition
- •Cowboy Artists of America Memorial Award
- •Kieckhefer:Best of Show, Cowboy Artists of America
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
- •Printmaking Specialty
- •Western Subject Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Artists of America, Denver Rotary Club
- •Cowboy Artists of America-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Charles Russell Art Show/Auction/ and/or Museum
Exhibition of Special Group
- •Buffalo Bill Art Show
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
- •Prix de West Invitational