Desert Caballeros Western Museum
21 N. Frontier St.
Wickenburg, AZ 85390
Wickenburg, AZ 85390
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Museums page for James Swinnerton ((1875 - 1974)), known for Desert landscape and Indian figure painting, cartoons. Showing 8 museum collections and exhibitions.
James Swinnerton MUSEUMS
1875 Eureka, California - 1974 Palm Springs, California. Known for: Desert landscape and Indian figure painting, cartoons.
A pioneer comic artist, James Swinnerton is most often credited in histories of the funnies for things he never did. He never drew anything titled Little Bears and Tigers, and the feature he did draw... Read full biography
A pioneer comic artist, James Swinnerton is most often credited in histories of the funnies for things he never did. He never drew anything titled Little Bears and Tigers, and the feature he did draw about bears was not the first newspaper strip. In fact, it wasnt a comic strip at all. A talented... Read full biography
A pioneer comic artist, James Swinnerton is most often credited in histories of the funnies for things he never did. He never drew anything titled Little Bears and Tigers, and the feature he did draw about bears was not the first newspaper strip. In fact, it wasnt a comic strip at all. A talented artist, Swinnerton did, however, contribute significantly to the development of comics in the more than 60 years he worked as a cartoonist. His most successful strip was Little Jimmy, and he's the one... Read full biography
A pioneer comic artist, James Swinnerton is most often credited in histories of the funnies for things he never did. He never drew anything titled Little Bears and Tigers, and the feature he did draw about bears was not the first newspaper strip. In fact, it wasnt a comic strip at all. A talented artist, Swinnerton did, however, contribute significantly to the development of comics in the more than 60 years he worked as a cartoonist. His most successful strip was Little Jimmy, and he's the one who introduced his friend George Herriman to the Arizona desert that became the permanent locale for Krazy Kat. Swinnerton, too, put the desert country to good use in his own work. James Guilford Swinnerton was born in Eureka, California, where his... Read full biography
A pioneer comic artist, James Swinnerton is most often credited in histories of the funnies for things he never did. He never drew anything titled Little Bears and Tigers, and the feature he did draw about bears was not the first newspaper strip. In fact, it wasnt a comic strip at all. A talented artist, Swinnerton did, however, contribute significantly to the development of comics in the more than 60 years he worked as a cartoonist. His most successful strip was Little Jimmy, and he's the one who introduced his friend George Herriman to the Arizona desert that became the permanent locale for Krazy Kat. Swinnerton, too, put the desert country to good use in his own work. James Guilford Swinnerton was born in Eureka, California, where his father was a judge, a publisher of a weekly paper, and a staunch Republican. Swinne... Read full biography
James Swinnerton - Artist Info
About James Swinnerton: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (8)
All MuseumsHubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
P.O. Box 150
Ganado, AZ 86505Laguna Art Museum
307 Cliff Drive
Laguna Beach, CA 92651Museum of Art at Brigham Young University
North Campus Drive
Box 23300
Provo, UT 84602-1400Palm Springs Art Museum
101 Museum Drive
Po Box 2310
Palm Springs, CA 92263-2310Phoenix Art Museum
1625 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004-1685The University of Arizona Museum of Art
1031 N. Olive Road
Tucson, AZ 85721-0002Woolaroc Museum
The Frank Phillips Foundation Inc.
1925 Woolaroc Ranch Road
Bartlesville, OK 74003