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1927 Duluth, Minnesota - 2014. Known for: Cowboy genre, horse, sculpture.
Jack N. Swanson (1927 - ) . Realist and traditional painter and sculptor of the West, Jack was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1927 and has lived in Carmel Valley, California, where he was raised. At... Read full biography
Jack N. Swanson (1927 - ) . Realist and traditional painter and sculptor of the West, Jack was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1927 and has lived in Carmel Valley, California, where he was raised. At fourteen he was already breaking horses. He served in the Navy for two years during WWII and then went... Read full biography
Jack N. Swanson (1927 - ) . Realist and traditional painter and sculptor of the West, Jack was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1927 and has lived in Carmel Valley, California, where he was raised. At fourteen he was already breaking horses. He served in the Navy for two years during WWII and then went to Oregon to work on ranches his father owned. While attending the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland under the G. I. Bill, he "seemed to be not getting along with modern-type art teachers who... Read full biography
Jack N. Swanson (1927 - ) . Realist and traditional painter and sculptor of the West, Jack was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1927 and has lived in Carmel Valley, California, where he was raised. At fourteen he was already breaking horses. He served in the Navy for two years during WWII and then went to Oregon to work on ranches his father owned. While attending the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland under the G. I. Bill, he "seemed to be not getting along with modern-type art teachers who didn't think horses were worth painting, but pots were" so he left school to race horses. When his "stud" pulled up lame, he tried the Carmel Art Institute and also had advice from National Academician watercolorist Donald Teague. Swanson is an Emeritus... Read full biography
Jack N. Swanson (1927 - ) . Realist and traditional painter and sculptor of the West, Jack was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1927 and has lived in Carmel Valley, California, where he was raised. At fourteen he was already breaking horses. He served in the Navy for two years during WWII and then went to Oregon to work on ranches his father owned. While attending the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland under the G. I. Bill, he "seemed to be not getting along with modern-type art teachers who didn't think horses were worth painting, but pots were" so he left school to race horses. When his "stud" pulled up lame, he tried the Carmel Art Institute and also had advice from National Academician watercolorist Donald Teague. Swanson is an Emeritus member of the Cowboy Artists of America, is listed in Who's Who in American Art,... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Cowboys
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Horses: Equestrian Genre, in Landscape and/or Portraits
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty
- •Horse Subject Specialty
- •Western Subject Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Charles Russell Art Show/Auction/ and/or Museum