Oregon. 1894 - 1980
Modernist figure, still life, clowns, birds, houses and animal painting
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1877 Austin, Illinois - 1966 Salem, Oregon. Known for: Rural landscape, etcher.
An impressionist painter, Melville Wire was an ordained Methodist minister in Oregon and serving parishes throughout the state for sixty-one years, painted on canvas the countryside he traveled by... Read full biography
An impressionist painter, Melville Wire was an ordained Methodist minister in Oregon and serving parishes throughout the state for sixty-one years, painted on canvas the countryside he traveled by car. In addition to painting hundreds of oils, he produced over thirty etchings of landscapes.... Read full biography
An impressionist painter, Melville Wire was an ordained Methodist minister in Oregon and serving parishes throughout the state for sixty-one years, painted on canvas the countryside he traveled by car. In addition to painting hundreds of oils, he produced over thirty etchings of landscapes. Combined, his many scenes of Oregon make him "one of the state's foremost chroniclers of its diverse scenery" (126) before modern development. He was not a part of any organized group of painters but was a... Read full biography
An impressionist painter, Melville Wire was an ordained Methodist minister in Oregon and serving parishes throughout the state for sixty-one years, painted on canvas the countryside he traveled by car. In addition to painting hundreds of oils, he produced over thirty etchings of landscapes. Combined, his many scenes of Oregon make him "one of the state's foremost chroniclers of its diverse scenery" (126) before modern development. He was not a part of any organized group of painters but was a solitary figure using impressionist style to convey his feelings about the land he loved. Melville Wire was born in Austin, Illinois in 1877, and at age seven moved with his family to Salem, Oregon where his father became pastor of the First Methodist... Read full biography
An impressionist painter, Melville Wire was an ordained Methodist minister in Oregon and serving parishes throughout the state for sixty-one years, painted on canvas the countryside he traveled by car. In addition to painting hundreds of oils, he produced over thirty etchings of landscapes. Combined, his many scenes of Oregon make him "one of the state's foremost chroniclers of its diverse scenery" (126) before modern development. He was not a part of any organized group of painters but was a solitary figure using impressionist style to convey his feelings about the land he loved. Melville Wire was born in Austin, Illinois in 1877, and at age seven moved with his family to Salem, Oregon where his father became pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church. He and his father spent a lot of time together hunting and fishing, and spotting the son's art talent, his father enrolled hi... Read full biography
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Oregon, Wisconsin. 1897 - 1981
Abstract farm scenes, villages, figure
Oregon, California. 1872 - 1962
Landscape, coastal views, cartoon
Oregon, Illinois. 1906 - 1994
Rural buildings, water scenes, clown figures, botanics, abstraction
Oregon, California. 1911 - 1993
Non ob-other mod imagery, figure
Oregon, Kansas. 1881 - 1968
Landscape and portrait painting, illustratopm, murals
Oregon, California, Kansas. 1857 - 1959
Mountain landscape painting
Oregon, California, Kansas. 1877 - 1969
Landscape, seascape and portrait painting
Oregon, California, Missouri. 1900 - 1991
Landscape
Oregon, California, Illinois. 1857 - 1924
Landscape
California, Illinois, Maine. 1852 - 1941
Landscape, Indian life and portrait painting
Oregon. Born 1960
Wood reliefs, intricate carving, painting
California. 1893 - 1994
Town-landscape, cartoonist, etcher
Oregon. 1909 - 2001
Plein-air land-cityscape and still life painting
California, Illinois. 1867 - 1915
Western landscape painting
Oregon. Born 1940
Western frontier genre and history themed sculpture
Washington, California, Kansas. 1887 - 1969
Landscape, seascape and still life painting, mural
Oregon. 1885 - 1978
Realist style landscape painting, mountains, rural views, snow scene, cartooning
Oregon, California. Born 1940
Native American portrait, landscape, seascape and cityscape painting
Washington / Ukraine. Born 1965
Marine painting, fishing boats
Oregon. 1858 - 1941
Landscape, marine
Oregon, Washington. Born 1962
Sculpture-life-size wildlife
Oregon, California. 1931 - 2020
Realist style horse, frontier figure and wild animal sculpture
California. Born 1937
Fantasy-western views, miniature