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1878 Augusta, Maine - 1936 Taos, New Mexico. Known for: Western genre and figure painting, illustration.
Born on a farm near Augusta, Maine, W. Herbert Dunton became a leading American illustrator and renowned painter in the early art colony of Taos, New Mexico. His specialty was painting the untamed... Read full biography
Born on a farm near Augusta, Maine, W. Herbert Dunton became a leading American illustrator and renowned painter in the early art colony of Taos, New Mexico. His specialty was painting the untamed West before it disappeared. Especially helpful to his career was the patronage of Texans Nelda and... Read full biography
Born on a farm near Augusta, Maine, W. Herbert Dunton became a leading American illustrator and renowned painter in the early art colony of Taos, New Mexico. His specialty was painting the untamed West before it disappeared. Especially helpful to his career was the patronage of Texans Nelda and H.J. Lutcher Stark whose collection founded the Stark Museum in Orange, Texas. They bought hundreds of Dunton's paintings during the Depression because his renderings of animals and landscape greatly... Read full biography
Born on a farm near Augusta, Maine, W. Herbert Dunton became a leading American illustrator and renowned painter in the early art colony of Taos, New Mexico. His specialty was painting the untamed West before it disappeared. Especially helpful to his career was the patronage of Texans Nelda and H.J. Lutcher Stark whose collection founded the Stark Museum in Orange, Texas. They bought hundreds of Dunton's paintings during the Depression because his renderings of animals and landscape greatly appealed to Texans, and their Dunton paintings became the largest collection in America by that artist. When he was a youngster, Dunton spent much time roaming the woods and fields around Augusta with a gun and sketch-book, and by the time he was... Read full biography
Born on a farm near Augusta, Maine, W. Herbert Dunton became a leading American illustrator and renowned painter in the early art colony of Taos, New Mexico. His specialty was painting the untamed West before it disappeared. Especially helpful to his career was the patronage of Texans Nelda and H.J. Lutcher Stark whose collection founded the Stark Museum in Orange, Texas. They bought hundreds of Dunton's paintings during the Depression because his renderings of animals and landscape greatly appealed to Texans, and their Dunton paintings became the largest collection in America by that artist. When he was a youngster, Dunton spent much time roaming the woods and fields around Augusta with a gun and sketch-book, and by the time he was sixteen, he was selling drawings and stories of outdoor life to local newspapers and to the... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Charcoal
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Cowboys
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Self-Portrait
- •Western Art: Cowboys, Indians, Horses, Ranch Scenes
- •Wildlife, Wild Animal
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Arizona Before 1945
- •Boston Before 1900
- •Mexico and/or Central America
- •New Mexico Before 1940
- •Pacific Northwest Before 1900
- •Taos, New Mexico Before 1940
- •Texas Before 1940
Art Association
- •American Federation of Arts
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City
- •Salons of America
- •Society of Illustrators-
- •Society of Independent Artists-
- •Taos Society of Artists
Art Teacher
- •Ernest Blumenschein
- •Frank Vincent DuMond
- •Joseph DeCamp
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Cowles Art School, Boston, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Art Collection
- •Anschutz Collection
- •Harmsen Western Art Collection
- •Santa Fe Railroad Commissioned Art
- •William Foxley Collection-Western
Added Description
- •COLLIER'S Magazine Illustrator and/or Photographer
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
- •HARPER'S WEEKLY, BAZAAR, MONTHLY Illustrator/Photos
- •Illustration Specialty
- •Mural Specialty
- •SCRIBNER'S Magazine Illustrator and/or Photographer
- •Western Subject Specialty
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Artist Colony
- •Taos Art Colony
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Edgar B Davis Competition, Texas
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City-
- •Salons of America-
- •Society of Illustrators
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts