National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
1700 Ne 63rd Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73111
Oklahoma City, OK 73111
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Museums page for Duane Bryers ((1911 - 2012)), known for Western genre, figure, animal, landscape. Showing 5 museum collections and exhibitions.
Duane Bryers MUSEUMS
1911 - 2012 Tucson, Arizona. Known for: Western genre, figure, animal, landscape.
A talented and successful painter, who settled in Sonoita, Arizona, Duane was raised in Virginia, Minnesota, Iron Range country, where one of his early paintings was a commissioned mural depicting... Read full biography
A talented and successful painter, who settled in Sonoita, Arizona, Duane was raised in Virginia, Minnesota, Iron Range country, where one of his early paintings was a commissioned mural depicting the history of the mining industry of that area. He took the $3000. he earned from that project and... Read full biography
A talented and successful painter, who settled in Sonoita, Arizona, Duane was raised in Virginia, Minnesota, Iron Range country, where one of his early paintings was a commissioned mural depicting the history of the mining industry of that area. He took the $3000. he earned from that project and went to New York City, where he did not achieve the quick success he expected but won a poster contest of the Museum of Modern Art. Later he served in the Air Force and started a comic strip called... Read full biography
A talented and successful painter, who settled in Sonoita, Arizona, Duane was raised in Virginia, Minnesota, Iron Range country, where one of his early paintings was a commissioned mural depicting the history of the mining industry of that area. He took the $3000. he earned from that project and went to New York City, where he did not achieve the quick success he expected but won a poster contest of the Museum of Modern Art. Later he served in the Air Force and started a comic strip called "Cokey" for the base newspaper, and it was eventually syndicated. Following his discharge, he stayed with commercial art for awhile and then after moving to Tucson, Arizona, he became interested in painting the western scenes that subsequently made him... Read full biography
A talented and successful painter, who settled in Sonoita, Arizona, Duane was raised in Virginia, Minnesota, Iron Range country, where one of his early paintings was a commissioned mural depicting the history of the mining industry of that area. He took the $3000. he earned from that project and went to New York City, where he did not achieve the quick success he expected but won a poster contest of the Museum of Modern Art. Later he served in the Air Force and started a comic strip called "Cokey" for the base newspaper, and it was eventually syndicated. Following his discharge, he stayed with commercial art for awhile and then after moving to Tucson, Arizona, he became interested in painting the western scenes that subsequently made him famous. He won the 1997 Prix de West Purchase and Buyers' Choice Award at the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City.... Read full biography
Duane Bryers - Artist Info
About Duane Bryers: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (5)
All MuseumsThe Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division
949 East Second Street
Tucson, AZ 85719The Pearce Collections Museum, Navarro College
3100 W. Collin St.
Corsicana, TX 75110The Rockwell Museum
111 Cedar Street
Corning, NY 14830-2694Tucson Museum of Art
140 N. Main Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85718