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1917 Santa Barbara, California - 1990. Known for: Cowboy-western genre, illustrator.
Portraying western scenes in oil painting and watercolor comes to Nicholas Firfires, directly from experiences of having lived the western life of a cowboy, riding the range and breaking horses. He... Read full biography
Portraying western scenes in oil painting and watercolor comes to Nicholas Firfires, directly from experiences of having lived the western life of a cowboy, riding the range and breaking horses. He was a descendant of California vaqueros. He was born in Santa Barbara, California, and worked on his... Read full biography
Portraying western scenes in oil painting and watercolor comes to Nicholas Firfires, directly from experiences of having lived the western life of a cowboy, riding the range and breaking horses. He was a descendant of California vaqueros. He was born in Santa Barbara, California, and worked on his family ranch near Santa Margarita and on other ranches in Santa Barbara county. As a child, he showed great interest and skill in drawing animals, especially horses, and after graduating from Santa... Read full biography
Portraying western scenes in oil painting and watercolor comes to Nicholas Firfires, directly from experiences of having lived the western life of a cowboy, riding the range and breaking horses. He was a descendant of California vaqueros. He was born in Santa Barbara, California, and worked on his family ranch near Santa Margarita and on other ranches in Santa Barbara county. As a child, he showed great interest and skill in drawing animals, especially horses, and after graduating from Santa Maria high school, he attended the Art Center School and the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. In 1941, he enlisted in the Army and was with the Combat Engineers in Europe, where he did many illustrations for military publications and also portraits... Read full biography
Portraying western scenes in oil painting and watercolor comes to Nicholas Firfires, directly from experiences of having lived the western life of a cowboy, riding the range and breaking horses. He was a descendant of California vaqueros. He was born in Santa Barbara, California, and worked on his family ranch near Santa Margarita and on other ranches in Santa Barbara county. As a child, he showed great interest and skill in drawing animals, especially horses, and after graduating from Santa Maria high school, he attended the Art Center School and the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. In 1941, he enlisted in the Army and was with the Combat Engineers in Europe, where he did many illustrations for military publications and also portraits of Army personnel. After the war, he opened a studio in Santa Barbara and illustrated for Western magazines while working on easel paintin... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Caricatures
- •Comic Strip/Book Humor
- •Cowboys
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Humor, Whimsy
- •Landscape with Cattle, Sheep or Other Farm Animals
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Spanish Missions, California
- •Still Life
- •Western Art: Cowboys, Indians, Horses, Ranch Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
Art Association
- •Cowboy Artists of America
Art School
- •Otis Art Institute, (Otis College of Art & Design) Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Harmsen Western Art Collection
- •Vandeveer Spratlen Collection
Added Description
- •Combat, War Artist: Illustration, Painting or Photography
- •Genre Specialty
- •Illustration Specialty
- •Western Subject Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Cowboy Artists of America-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Charles Russell Art Show/Auction/ and/or Museum