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Russell Vernon Hunter

Russell Vernon Hunter (1900 - 1955) was active/lived in New Mexico, Texas, California, Illinois.  Russell Hunter is known for Modernist town-landscape painting, mural.

Painter. Born in Hallsville, IL on March 26, 1900. Hunter studied at the Denver Academy of Art, AIC, MiIIikin University (IL), and with Stanton MacDonald-Wright. He taught at Otis Art Institute from 1923-27 and was active in Los Angeles until 1930 when he moved to New Mexico. During the 1930s he was active with the Federal Art Project and later served as director of the Roswell Art Museum, a position he held until his death on March 20, 1955. Exh: Painters & Sculptors of LA, 1925-26; Calif. WC Society, 1927; CPLH, 1933; GGIE, 1939; NY World's Fair, 1939. In: Dallas Museum; Virginia Museum; Museum of NM. WWAA 1940-53; Sam; SCA; Texas Painters (Powers).

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Facts about Russell Vernon Hunter

   Publications  Book References:  28
Magazine References:  1

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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Russell Vernon Hunter
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum December 2001 Grauer, Michael J Yes
28 Book References for Russell Vernon Hunter
Year Author Title Pages Color
2006 Udall, Sharyn R; Julie Schimmel (Introduction) Santa Fe Art Colony: Gerald Peters Gallery
(Exhibition catalog)
127 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2002 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
Available For Sale.
1249 No
1999 Editor, Smith College Museum Masterworks of American Painting and Sculpture from Smith College Museum 307 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Grauer, Paula and Michael R. Dictionary of Texas Artists, 1800-1945 240 Yes
1997 Southwest Art Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art 128 No
1995 Flynn, Kathryn A Treasures on New Mexico Trails Discover New Deal Art and Architecture 320 Yes
1992 Museum of Fine Arts Artists of 20th Century New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts Collection 167 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1989 Gerald Peters Gallery Modernist Themes in New Mexico Works by Early Modernist Painters
(Exhibition catalog)
56 Yes
1989 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California, 1786-1940 637 No
1987 Udall, Sharyn R. Santa Fe Art Colony 1900-1942
(Exhibition catalog)
99 Yes
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 Stewart, Rick Lone Star Regionalism: The Dallas Nine and Their Circle 200 Yes
1984 Broder, Patricia Janis The American West The Modern Vision 345 Yes
1984 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall Southern California Art Publication 3, Dictionary 291 No
1980 Bermingham, Peter The New Deal in the Southwest: Arizona and New Mexico
(Exhibition catalog)
67 No
1977 Harmsen, Dorothy; Bill Harmsen (Foreward) American Western Art: The Harmsen Collection 256 Yes
1976 Samuels, Peggy and Harold The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West 549 No
1976 School of American Research Representative Art and Artists of New Mexico
(Exhibition catalog)
41 No
1974 New Mexico, Museum of Fine Art Handbook of the Collections Museum of Fine Arts 192 Yes
1973 O'Connor, Francis V (editor) Art for the Millions Essays by...Artists...WPA Federal Art Project 317 No
1971 Bywaters, Jerry (Introduction) Texas Painting and Sculpture: 20th Century
(Exhibition catalog)
96 No
1963 Coke, Van Deren Taos and Santa Fe The Artists Environment 1882-1942 168 Yes
1941 Klitgaard, Kaj Through the American Landscape 323 Yes
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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