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1918 New York, New York - 2000 Sonoita, Arizona. Known for: Cowboy-Indian genre, sculpture, illustration.
Born in New York City and then settling in Scottsdale, Arizona, John (Johnny) Hampton became a renowned painter and sculptor of cowboy life that he grew to know first hand from living much of his... Read full biography
Born in New York City and then settling in Scottsdale, Arizona, John (Johnny) Hampton became a renowned painter and sculptor of cowboy life that he grew to know first hand from living much of his life in the Southwest. He was raised in Brooklyn and developed a love for the West from seeing Tom Mix... Read full biography
Born in New York City and then settling in Scottsdale, Arizona, John (Johnny) Hampton became a renowned painter and sculptor of cowboy life that he grew to know first hand from living much of his life in the Southwest. He was raised in Brooklyn and developed a love for the West from seeing Tom Mix movies. Acting out his fantasy of becoming a cowboy, he used pretended he was roping cows by using his mother's clothesline. He began illustration pulp magazines with western themes while he was in... Read full biography
Born in New York City and then settling in Scottsdale, Arizona, John (Johnny) Hampton became a renowned painter and sculptor of cowboy life that he grew to know first hand from living much of his life in the Southwest. He was raised in Brooklyn and developed a love for the West from seeing Tom Mix movies. Acting out his fantasy of becoming a cowboy, he used pretended he was roping cows by using his mother's clothesline. He began illustration pulp magazines with western themes while he was in high school and at age sixteen, won a contest for sketch artists. When World War II began, he served in an Intelligence capacity in the South Pacific. Having assisted Fred Harman with the comic strip "Red Ryder," he used the proceeds after the War to... Read full biography
Born in New York City and then settling in Scottsdale, Arizona, John (Johnny) Hampton became a renowned painter and sculptor of cowboy life that he grew to know first hand from living much of his life in the Southwest. He was raised in Brooklyn and developed a love for the West from seeing Tom Mix movies. Acting out his fantasy of becoming a cowboy, he used pretended he was roping cows by using his mother's clothesline. He began illustration pulp magazines with western themes while he was in high school and at age sixteen, won a contest for sketch artists. When World War II began, he served in an Intelligence capacity in the South Pacific. Having assisted Fred Harman with the comic strip "Red Ryder," he used the proceeds after the War to buy a small ranch near Silver City, New Mexico, in order to get a taste of the cowboy life that so intrigued him. He stayed there for twe... Read full biography
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- Corralling the Western Art MarketJanuary 2007Hanes, ElizabethArt & Auction
- Art Events-ArizonaSeptember 2004Osterman, JulieSouthwest Art
- Spirit of the WestJuly 2004Fauntleroy, GussieArt & Antiques
- Nuts & BoltsOctober 2003Baxter, Kathleen (ed)American Artist
- Gone, But Not ForgottenOctober 2003Jarvis, JohnArt-Talk
- The Next FrontierMay 2003Kinsella, EileenARTnews
- 30 years of Southwest ArtMay 2001Editor, Southwest ArtSouthwest Art
- Arizona History Through ArtApril 2000Reisdorfer, KathrynAmerican Art Review
- News BeatMarch 2000Editors, Southwest ArtSouthwest Art
- Blazing New TrailsJune 1999Pyne, LynnSouthwest Art
- Art NewsJanuary 1998Editors, Art TalkArt-Talk
- What's NewsMarch 1995Editors, Art NewsArt of the West