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1878 Pierce City, Idaho - 1932 Sheridan, Wyoming. Known for: Western genre-figure, animal, etcher.
Bill Gollings (Elling William) did paintings known for their accurate accountings of the Old West. Gollings drew upon his own personal experiences as a cowboy, and was also known to have studied and... Read full biography
Bill Gollings (Elling William) did paintings known for their accurate accountings of the Old West. Gollings drew upon his own personal experiences as a cowboy, and was also known to have studied and admired the drawings of Frederic Remington, which often appeared in 'Harper's Weekly' magazine. Bill... Read full biography
Bill Gollings (Elling William) did paintings known for their accurate accountings of the Old West. Gollings drew upon his own personal experiences as a cowboy, and was also known to have studied and admired the drawings of Frederic Remington, which often appeared in 'Harper's Weekly' magazine. Bill Gollings was born in 1878 in Pierce City, Idaho. As a boy, he spent much of his time was in New York, Idaho and Michigan. When he was twelve, he and his family moved to Chicago. At age nineteen,... Read full biography
Bill Gollings (Elling William) did paintings known for their accurate accountings of the Old West. Gollings drew upon his own personal experiences as a cowboy, and was also known to have studied and admired the drawings of Frederic Remington, which often appeared in 'Harper's Weekly' magazine. Bill Gollings was born in 1878 in Pierce City, Idaho. As a boy, he spent much of his time was in New York, Idaho and Michigan. When he was twelve, he and his family moved to Chicago. At age nineteen, Gollings traveled to small mining and cattle towns in South Dakota and Nebraska where he spent most of his time as a sheepherder and cowboy. Despite his ranching activities, he had always possessed an interest in art. His first exposure to paints was at... Read full biography
Bill Gollings (Elling William) did paintings known for their accurate accountings of the Old West. Gollings drew upon his own personal experiences as a cowboy, and was also known to have studied and admired the drawings of Frederic Remington, which often appeared in 'Harper's Weekly' magazine. Bill Gollings was born in 1878 in Pierce City, Idaho. As a boy, he spent much of his time was in New York, Idaho and Michigan. When he was twelve, he and his family moved to Chicago. At age nineteen, Gollings traveled to small mining and cattle towns in South Dakota and Nebraska where he spent most of his time as a sheepherder and cowboy. Despite his ranching activities, he had always possessed an interest in art. His first exposure to paints was at about age twenty-five when he began working with a set of mail-order paints. After selling several paintings, he was admitted to the Ch... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Charcoal
- •Colored Pencil
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Cowboys
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape with Cattle, Sheep or Other Farm Animals
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Nocturnes, Nightime Scenes
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Western Art: Cowboys, Indians, Horses, Ranch Scenes
Art School
- •Chicago Academy/School of Fine Arts, Student
- •Illinois Institute of Design and Technology, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Art Collection
- •Anschutz Collection
- •Harmsen Western Art Collection
Added Description
- •Animal Specialty
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
- •Western Subject Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Vose Galleries, Boston
Exhibition of Museum
- •Charles Russell Art Show/Auction/ and/or Museum
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art