W. Herbert Dunton
W. Herbert "Buck" Dunton | |
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The Horse Rustler, ca. 1915 | |
Born |
Augusta, Maine | August 28, 1878
Died |
March 18, 1936 Taos, New Mexico |
Nationality | American |
Known for | Painting |
Movement | Taos Society of Artists |
William Herbert "Buck" Dunton (August 28, 1878 – March 18, 1936) was an American artist and a founding member of the Taos Society of Artists. He is noted for paintings of cowboys, New Mexico, and the American Southwest.
Early life and education
Dunton worked as a ranch hand as a youth and studied at the Cowles Art School in Boston, Massachusetts. He moved to New York City around 1903, where he worked as an illustrator for publishing companies and met other artists such as Ernest L. Blumenschein.[1]
Artistic career
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.[2]
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External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to William Herbert Dunton. |
- AskArt: William Herbert Dunton, Biography
- Africa Hunting: Painting of Ben Lilly by Herbert Dunton
- W. Herbert Dunton at New Mexico Museum of Art
- Works by W. Herbert Dunton at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about W. Herbert Dunton at Internet Archive
- W. Herbert Dunton at Find a Grave
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