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1926 New York City - 2022. Known for: Western-subject painting, magazine illustration.
A native New Yorker, James Bama creates photo-real figures and paintings that capture the old "wild west." He keeps a very tidy studio from where he converts his many photographs into paintings whose... Read full biography
A native New Yorker, James Bama creates photo-real figures and paintings that capture the old "wild west." He keeps a very tidy studio from where he converts his many photographs into paintings whose surfaces are so smooth and satiny that some people refer to him as the "Vermeer of the West"... Read full biography
A native New Yorker, James Bama creates photo-real figures and paintings that capture the old "wild west." He keeps a very tidy studio from where he converts his many photographs into paintings whose surfaces are so smooth and satiny that some people refer to him as the "Vermeer of the West" (McGarry 30). He graduated from New York City's High School of Music and Arts and then served in the military for three years. He attended the Art Students League and became a renowned illustrator in New... Read full biography
A native New Yorker, James Bama creates photo-real figures and paintings that capture the old "wild west." He keeps a very tidy studio from where he converts his many photographs into paintings whose surfaces are so smooth and satiny that some people refer to him as the "Vermeer of the West" (McGarry 30). He graduated from New York City's High School of Music and Arts and then served in the military for three years. He attended the Art Students League and became a renowned illustrator in New York, working for Saturday Evening Post, Argosy, and Reader's Digest. He also did over sixty book covers for Doc Savage books of Bantam Press. In 1968, he and his wife moved to Wapiti, Wyoming, near Cody, in the mountains where he continued his... Read full biography
A native New Yorker, James Bama creates photo-real figures and paintings that capture the old "wild west." He keeps a very tidy studio from where he converts his many photographs into paintings whose surfaces are so smooth and satiny that some people refer to him as the "Vermeer of the West" (McGarry 30). He graduated from New York City's High School of Music and Arts and then served in the military for three years. He attended the Art Students League and became a renowned illustrator in New York, working for Saturday Evening Post, Argosy, and Reader's Digest. He also did over sixty book covers for Doc Savage books of Bantam Press. In 1968, he and his wife moved to Wapiti, Wyoming, near Cody, in the mountains where he continued his illustration work and was not especially interested in western themes. However, at... Read full biography
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- James Bama: On Painting EdgesApril 2006Bama, JamesIllustration
- The Making of James Bama: American RealistApril 2006Kane, Brian M.Illustration
- Men's Adventure Magazines in PostwaSeptember 2004Collins, M.A. & Hagenauer, GIllustration
- Where Collectors Go: Part 2September 2004Kupers, AudreyWildlife Art
- Field NotesJanuary 2004Editors, Wildlife ArtWildlife Art
- What's NewsNovember 2003Editors, Art of the WestArt of the West
- The Artists of AuroraOctober 2003Graham, ThomasIllustration
- What's NewsMay 2003Editors, Art of the WestArt of the West
- Indian InfluencesOctober 2002Jarvis, JohnArt-Talk
- 30 years of Southwest ArtMay 2001Editor, Southwest ArtSouthwest Art
- Preserving the Cowboy's LegacyJanuary 2001Zanetell, MyrnaSouthwest Art
- Masters For the New MilleniumDecember 1999Stavig, Vicki, & EditorsArt of the West
- Best of the WestJuly 1998Busler, LeslieSouthwest Art
- On the Museum TrailJuly 1998Busler, LeslieSouthwest Art
- The StudioJune 1998Stavig, VickiArt of the West
- Portraits Tell the StoryJanuary 1996Stavig, VickiArt of the West
- Covering the WestJuly 1995McGarry, Susan HalstenSouthwest Art
- Biographies of the 64 ArtistsJuly 1995SW editorsSouthwest Art