| W. Herbert "Buck" Duncan | |
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Buck Dunton, third from left, with Taos Society of Artists founding members |
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| Born | August 28, 1878 Augusta, Maine |
| Died | March 18, 1936 Taos, New Mexico |
| Nationality | American |
| Field | Painting |
| Movement | Taos Society of Artists |
William Herbert "Buck" Dunton (28 August 1878 – 18 March 1936) was an American artist and a founding member of the Taos Society of Artists. He is noted for paintings of Native Americans, New Mexico, and the American Southwest.
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Dunton worked as a ranch hand as a youth and studied at the Cowles Art School in Boston, Massachusetts.
He first visited Taos in 1912 and became part of the Taos art colony. Dunton became one of the founding members of the Taos Society of Artists in 1915.
Among his proteges in Western art was Harold Dow Bugbee of Clarendon and Canyon in the Texas Panhandle.
In 1921, American oil executive W. H. McFadden commissioned Dunton to paint a full-length portrait of big-game hunter Ben Lilly. The portrait was exhibited by the National Academy of Design before being located in McFadden’s home in New Orleans. [1]