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1924 Tulsa, Oklahoma - 2008 Albuquerque, New Mexico. Known for: Landscape, some western genre, mural painting.
Wilson Hurley (1924-2008). Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he became a painter in luminist style of the American West, especially known for his depictions of Canyon de Chelly, Yellowstone Park, and the... Read full biography
Wilson Hurley (1924-2008). Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he became a painter in luminist style of the American West, especially known for his depictions of Canyon de Chelly, Yellowstone Park, and the Grand Canyon. He attended high school in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where his family moved in 1935. Knowing... Read full biography
Wilson Hurley (1924-2008). Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he became a painter in luminist style of the American West, especially known for his depictions of Canyon de Chelly, Yellowstone Park, and the Grand Canyon. He attended high school in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where his family moved in 1935. Knowing his interest and talent, his mother arranged for him to spend time as a teenager with artists Theodore Van Solen, Josef Bakos, and John Young-Hunter. Hurley studied engineering at the U.S. Military... Read full biography
Wilson Hurley (1924-2008). Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he became a painter in luminist style of the American West, especially known for his depictions of Canyon de Chelly, Yellowstone Park, and the Grand Canyon. He attended high school in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where his family moved in 1935. Knowing his interest and talent, his mother arranged for him to spend time as a teenager with artists Theodore Van Solen, Josef Bakos, and John Young-Hunter. Hurley studied engineering at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 1945, and then served in the Air Force. He resigned his Air Force commission to go to law school at George Washington University in Washington DC and then practiced law in Albuquerque, New Mexico for fourteen years.... Read full biography
Wilson Hurley (1924-2008). Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he became a painter in luminist style of the American West, especially known for his depictions of Canyon de Chelly, Yellowstone Park, and the Grand Canyon. He attended high school in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where his family moved in 1935. Knowing his interest and talent, his mother arranged for him to spend time as a teenager with artists Theodore Van Solen, Josef Bakos, and John Young-Hunter. Hurley studied engineering at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 1945, and then served in the Air Force. He resigned his Air Force commission to go to law school at George Washington University in Washington DC and then practiced law in Albuquerque, New Mexico for fourteen years. In 1965, he became a full-time painter, an occupation interrupted by serving in the Vietnam War duri... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Diorama, Museum Display Background
- •Easel Painting
- •Moving Scenic Panorama Painting, 3-D Diorama
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Oil Paint
Art Subject
- •Aviation, Airplanes, Aeronautics, Space Exploration
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •National Parks and/or State Parks
- •Nocturnes, Nightime Scenes
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Panoramic View and/or Large Scale Panoramic Artwork
- •Skyscape, Clouds and/or Storms
- •Western Art: Cowboys, Indians, Horses, Ranch Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Canyon de Chelly
- •Chaco Canyon, Arizona
- •Grand Canyon, Arizona
- •New Mexico Before 1940
- •Taos, New Mexico Before 1940
- •Yellowstone National Park
Art Association
- •Artists of America
- •National Academy of Western Artists
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •NASA Art Collection: Space Exploration
- •William Foxley Collection-Western
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty
- •Grand Canyon Specialty
- •Mural Specialty
- •Western Subject Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Artists of America, Denver Rotary Club
- •Arts for the Parks
- •National Academy of Western Art-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition of Special Group
- •Buffalo Bill Art Show
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
- •Prix de West Invitational