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Ed Morgan

Ed Morgan (1943 - 2014) was active/lived in New Mexico, Missouri.  Ed Morgan is known for Floral design, southwest scene engraving, embossing on silk.

Using a combination of engraving and embossing, Ed Morgan became a master engraver depicting a variety of subjects including Native Americans, animals, birds and flowers.

He grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, with a father who made all of his toys by hand, many of them with Southwest motifs. After his father's death, he lived with grandparents on a farm in northeast Missouri, and he had to travel 30 miles to school. In grade school, he began winning art competitions.

He moved to Kansas City, became a professional musician, and enrolled at the Kansas City Art Institute where he got a reputation for his execution of fine detail. He then worked for nearly twelve years as an illustrator- engraver for Hallmark Cards and later with American Greeting Cards.

A trip to Taos, New Mexico to pick up frozen buffalo hides changed his life, and he subsequently moved there and to engraving added jewelry making. In this regard, he describes himself as a sculptor who carves in met   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2409 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Ed Morgan

   Publications  Book References:  6
Magazine References:  8

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8 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Ed Morgan
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art of the West One on One May 2003 Stavig, Vicki Yes
Southwest Art 30 years of Southwest Art May 2001 Editor, Southwest Art Yes
Southwest Art An Insider's View of Taos April 1999 Busler, Leslie Yes
Southwest Art Best of the West December 1997 Adams, Cristina Yes
Art of the West The Beat Goes On September 1997 Stavig, Vicki Yes
Southwest Art Taos & Santa Fe December 1996 Eauclaire, Sally Yes
Southwest Art Engravings April 1996 Bucher, Kristin Yes
Southwest Art Biographies of the 64 Artists July 1995 SW editors Yes
6 Book References for Ed Morgan
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2001 Editors, Art of the West Art of the West Guidebook of Western Artists 2001 Edition 88 Yes
2000 Editor, Settlers West The Great American West 0 No
1998 McGarry, Susan Hallsten A Brush With Reality: Detailing the West in Contemporary Art Desert Caballeros Western Museum
(Exhibition catalog)
58 Yes
1997 Southwest Art Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art 128 No
1993 Southwest Art The Red Book Western American Price Index 126 No
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